BEST 5 Thumb Exercises for THUMB STIFFNESS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2024
- Michelle, Hand Expert and founder of Virtual Hand Care, shows you how to perform simple thumb exercises for STIFF thumb joints due to injuries, surgery, fractures, or arthritis.
Thumb stiffness can get in the way of using your whole hand with activities most important to you. In fact, the thumb is half our hand function so these top 5 thumb exercises can easily be done anywhere to help improve the mobility and flexibility of your thumb stiffness.
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00:00 BEST 5 Thumb Exercises for THUMB STIFFNESS
01:08 Exercise #1 Bend your Thumb IP flexion and extension
02:12 Exercise #2 Move your Thumb to Fingertips
05:16 Exercise #3 Activate your Thumb Abductor
06:36 Exercise #4 Bring your Thumb across your palm
07:48 Exercise #5 Stretch your Thumb across your palm
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This video is for educational and demonstration purposes only and is not to be used as a replacement for seeking medical advice or treatment of your condition. Virtual Hand Care, or its members, do not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult with your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any exercise program. Please know that performing any exercise or program is solely at your own risk.
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Michele, these thumb exercieses are just what I needed after recently getting off my cast and brace from a broken wrist bone! My thumb was unable to reach two of my outer fingers or across my palm, and now after doing your exercises I am much looser! Your teaching approach is so compassionate and well informed, you are a blessing to us all! Thanks for the years of study you did to be able to help us, and for all the hours you worked on your videos!
Thank you for the kind words! I’m so glad the exercises helped your thumb. 👍👍
@Colten Atlas instablaster :)
Well said and I totally agree! Thank you so much 💗
Wow these are so amazing, I have real bad cmc pain from typing on a smart phone and writing down notes with a pen and paper for college, I have really bad stiffness and this 10 minute video instantly relieved it, thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰
Michelle is WONDERFUL! I’ve gotten so many great demonstrations and help from her after my cast came off my broken wrist. All her videos have been a godsend.
Excellent job ! Really liked the fact I could do these exercises along with you. 9 weeks post wrist fracture. Thumb is still stiff.
So amazing. Thrilled I found you. Best Michelle Sharpe from Belize!
Thank you so much ma'am, I was suffering from pain in middle of my thumb, after following the exercises I got so much of relief. Thank you once again
By far the best video, thank you.
You are welcome! 🙏
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I had CMC surgery with mini tightrope procedure on my right thumb 5 weeks ago. I am so grateful that I found your thumb exercise video. I have an appointment for thumb therapy on Wednesday. I will do the exercise that you showed in your video to get my flexabilty and strength back in my thumb.
How is ur thum after surgery now?
Thank you 🙏🏻 my thumb was painful and after 1 set of exercise it feels better! I’ll keep doing them! 🎉
I badly sprained my thumb a week ago and this is the first proper progress I've made in getting my range of motion back. Thank you!
Amazing! You love so much your profession, you love and respect so much your patients!!! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing these exercises!!
Hi dear Michelle
I have developed trigger thumb about 3 weeks ago. I was worried and was looking for remedy.
Luckily I have found your video and straight away I started doing the exercise.
Thanks a million for this wonderful effort.
FABULOUS DIRECTION‼️ Just out of my cast and with each exercise I see an ever so slight improvement….. “baby steps” . Thank you for your videos‼️
This Really helped with my thumb stiffness! I was in pain since 4 months ! And now feel Relaxed ♥️ and ur Smile Makes me Feel Happy 🥰 and When ur smiling and teaching the excersizes . I kept doing this!
Hi Michelle, thank you so much for these videos. I've learned soooo much about managing my condition 🙂
I love your videos I starting doing these exercises I have psoriatic arthritis and I been doing this for the past week and has help me out soo much. Great videos ☺️
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Wonderful....I had sprain in the thumb and also occasional pain and itching... feeling good when doing these exercises...
Thank you so much. This was so helpful. I had a wrist fracture and now doing these exercises. 😊
Thank you so much, I felt some deep stretches. Thumb has been stiff and sore for a month until just now! Keep up the awesome videos and knowledge!
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Excellent demonstration of the exercises and easy to follow.
Great exercises as I recover from wrist surgery and all the fun that goes along with that. Great supplement to OT for my stubborn appendages. 😱
Very helpful 😊❤ thank you. Great tips.
Thanks for the exercises, I will definitely try as suffering from rumatoid arthritis
Michelle you are a great motivator and presenter with amazing knowlege and explanation skill.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you! Your exercises and explanations and demonstrations was very helpful. Watched all the videos.
Very helpful! Thank you for all you do Michelle!
Exercises are a great help. Thank you
Thank you so much Michelle excellent video step by step
Thank you for being so pleasant and helpful.
Thanks Michelle your experiences has been the most effective way to get a great results for my hands.
Wow after watching at a few videos this one came up. And I am so glad it did. I was having so much pain, mine might be start of arthritis but your exercises worked wonderfully. I can actually move my thumb without pain.
Thank you so much for this video. God Bless 🙏
Great job! Amazing video!!Thank you so much Michelle. You are beautiful inside & out. The exercises will be a great help with my trigger thumb. Hope & pray it will get better by doing the exercises everyday. May God bless you more & always. 🙏❤️🙏
You are so welcome 🙏 thank you for the kind words. It does get better day by day, week by week, and month by month. Sending you prayers for continued strength as you heal. 💪
Thank you so much Michelle for this amazing video. God bless.
Hearty Thanks Michele.I got immediate relief while doing finger exercise alongwith your narration.Thank you once again
Thanks so much! I've had thumb pain for a year and it's already much better
I will definitely try to do these thumb exercises. Thanks
Thanks Michelle for these exercises. I just had my hard cast removed yesterday after having CMC Arthroplasty a
30 days ago! My surgeon advised me to start doing some stretching exercises and I’ve found this video and your wrist flexion video very helpful. I really find all of your videos very informative and helpful to watch and learn. I recommend your site often! Thanks again
How is ur thumb doing now after the operation please,as i am supposed to have this operation done soon
These thumb exercieses are just what I needed after recently getting off my cast and brace from a broken wrist bone!
Thanks Michelle for these exercises that have really helped me overcome pain in my left thumb. Heartfelt gratitude to you all the way from India!
Thanks Michelle! These exercises really got my thumb moving once again! Combining this video with your wrist stiffness videos, will really get my hand back to normal much faster. Thanks for sharing these tips! I’ve been sharing and telling everyone about your TH-cam channel on our Basal Thumb Arthritis group. Hopefully they are subscribing as well!
@greglee thank you for sharing my channel with your Basal thumb arthritis group! I wasn't aware of that group.
Thanks Michelle. I had surgery with pins in pinky finger. After the pins & cast removed, it’s affected my entire hand. My pinky is still swollen. I think the cast was too tight. I appreciate you charing your expertise. I’m wearing a simple wrist thumb support during the day. It’s helping my wrist & thumb. I’m following all your exercises. Thanks for your help!
I am having a problem with my triggered fingers especially the thumb and finding your video is such a blessing for me, this is the most make sense and easiest hand exercises that i need to try to relieve my thumb stiffness, hope it would really work for me and others who has the same problem. Love your smiling and beautiful face, thanks from indonesia.
I just found your site. So thankful. Had surgery on one hand ( need same on left hand) last yr where a bone was removed from behind the thumb , a hole drilled and tendon from forearm pulled through hole. Left is getting so bad but I can’t go through another surgery! So I pray that exercise will prevent it. Thank you !
Hi Michele, I broke my wrist 2 years ago and after my cast came off, they discovered that the tendon from my wrist to my thumb had detached. I had surgery that took a tendon from my index finger and repaired the one in my thumb. I did therapy after the surgery and regained some range of motion, however, I am unable to move my thumb back towards my wrist very far as the knuckle joint closest to the wrist does not bend back. I discovered your videos a few days ago and your exercises have already helped me gain more strength and range of motion in my thumb and entire hand. Thank you.
Hi, i really want to thank you so much for these videos. I am 56 ears old, a guitar player from the age of 10. Iver the;as while I have been distressed by pain in my left hand, this has been preventing me practicing or playing. Playing music is been an essential part of my life since I began. Using your exercises has turned the corner and given me new hope to be able to enjoy playing again. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do.
You are so welcome! Got to get you back on that guitar 🎸
Love this I have CMC arthritis! This is great.
Thank you for this video, much appreciated
Thank you for teaching this exercise.
Thanks for these exercises. I’m a violinist with a broken wrist after surgery last week. Fingers doing well apart from the thumb which refuses to bend from top joint ! Going to keep trying..
Wow! SO AMAZING!🤩 Thanks God🙏 I found you Ms Michelle..this GREAT EXERCISE REALLY HELPS👌👌👌.. I had my thumb stiffness for so long.. now My thumb is getting better .. thank you so much 🙏🙏..God Bless
Great release of strain after trying these stretches thankyou very much.
I have a flexing my right thumb problem since 2 months after playing volleyball..Very helpful..m gonna try this..Thank you !!
You are welcome! I hope it helps!
Number 5 is especially helpful for the CMC joint. Thank you!
All exercises help I broke my arm above elbow my week of therapy . These are very good my biggest problem is tone. I bought a Esteam and do it on 30 . I seem to have more tone . I am moving my wrist up and down I did have Wrist drop and that is improved a lot I still have numbness in my thumb and the next finger in the next finger and I can’t straighten them as well do the tone . I take gabapentin but the ESTeam makes it worse when it finally relaxesIt gives me more movement any ideals, thank you so very much I’m going to use these exercises also
Doctor told me to look for exercises online. You taught me clear and simple ways to improve my issues. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much 🥰 tip of my thumb locks up some time. This helps
You’re welcome! My new thumb video may also help 🙌- th-cam.com/video/6vjzXX7YUAs/w-d-xo.html
Those were the best finger exercises in my life
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Great really helping 🙏
I am suffering this pain couple of months now i find this, It is so relaxing thanks
Thankyou so much for uploading this video. I am suffering from thumb pain and tennis elbow since last two years. And this video is helping me alot ☺️
You are welcome! 👍
I am happy with the excersize. Thank you so much mam 🙏
Thank you. It relieves me of this exercise.
Thank you so much it was very helpful
The thumb exercises helped a lot,I am a hair braider and I use my hands a whole lot so my thumb hurts a whole lot,so my hands suffer a lot especially when. I get very busy. So these exercises help.thank you
It was very helpful for me !!
Very very helpful..thank you so much
Wow! These exercises really helped. I am deeply grateful.
Glad you like them!
Thank you for sharing knowledge😍
Great job. Very helpful. Thank you.
This excercise really help my osteoporosis finger joints especially thumb joint soarness to release my swelling & pain thank u so much
Very helpful. Thanks so much
Thank you so much. I am on crutches and these have been really helpful at taking away the clicking and pain they have.caused!
Thank you for these exercises!!🎉
thank you so much for sharing with us! i had distal radio fracture and my fingers are very stiff but with this exercise i feel loosing up
Thank you very much. This was a great video.
Thnku so much for wonderful exercises
My pleasure 😊
Thank you so much ma'am we learn more about thumb exercise.God bless you!!
Wonderful exercise that I followed your exercises became relief my painful thumb.
Glad it helped!
Hi Michelle thank you for teaching this exercise it really works. My right thumb joint hurt so bad for a month now as I did a lot of paint by numbers for 3 months of lockdown here in NSW due to repetitive motion holding small paint brushes for too long. I can’t use my right thumb even just pressing a remote control of tv. My thumb is getting better now. I’m doing this exercise daily and I love your comforting voice too. Thanks so much
I am currently doing this exercise, and I am on exercise number for an even after number one I already feel so much better. My thumb became stiff out of nowhere and made me a bit afraid because I was concerned about injury. Again I am on exercise number for and I already feel such a huge difference! Thank you!
Me too, did you find out what's causing the stiffness?
@@PatriciaJPhillips-lx1jv believe it or not but I didn’t and I haven’t had any cramping sinceI do type a lot at work so I wasn’t sure if it was related to that or not.
I Live in Brazil. Michelle, Thank you very much . I loved yours vídeos, this went Very very importants about my problem on my fingers.
Thanks so much God bless u
wow..thank you for this video.Very helpful
Thank you so much! This not only helped my thumb but my neck as well. I saw the stand your computer is on and didn’t even know there was such a thing! Lol! Ordered immediately!
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Thanks so much!
This is the best exercise i learned for my thumb finger..thanks n god bless
Hi, Michele! Greetings from Romania! I thank you so much for this video, it helps me very much! ❤❤❤
Thank you Michelle for this wonderful helpful thumb exercise program, I have been getting a painful left thumb from just holding a book, your exercises really loosened the tightness and relieved the pain. Keep up your good work. 👍😊
Had EPL tendon transfer surgery 12/29 and this is a great workout for my thumb. Although I am wondering if it will ever be the same, hopefully with persistence it will🙏Thank you!
Thank You so much for helping mankind by posting practically useful videos.
Can you suggest exercise for numbness in thumb after 4 months of wrist surgery.
It really helped thank youuuu❤️❤️
oh my gooossh I never thought I'd see someone who actually knew about hand strengthening and stretches! I am a professional drummer and I have been interested in hand exercises for drumming speed, endurance, and overall health as well. I literally just googled thumb strengthening exercises and I found your website! I will be basically binging on your videos for a bit to take notes on what I need to prioritize for my hand health! Thank you!!
You are welcome! I hope you find them helpful! I need to make more videos for musicians!
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Thank you Michele. i hade a stiff thuimb, when i found your videos and followed exercises, Felt better in my fingers and thumb especially.you are the best. yiou erxplain it very well. thumb s up :)
You're so welcome! 👍
Thanks for sharing these tips!
You bet!
Your videos are changing my life. I can finally target my chronic hand pain properly.
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Think you mam for the tutorial
Thank you for putting these exercises together for us. I am in constant pain in the thumb joint. I’ve seen the Doctor and have received a few cortisone injections. Hopefully these exercises will delay the inevitable. I am now planning on watching your taping video. Do you have a face group for people for people contemplating thumb joint surgery?
You are welcome! I do have other videos too that can help! This one is for braces that can be very helpful-th-cam.com/video/Ykv3c-e6wrsI/w-d-xo.html and this one is for more specific thumb arthritis exercises- th-cam.com/video/r5O2JtunVVk/w-d-xo.html. I don't have a FB group but it really is a good idea and probably much needed!
Hello Michele, I broke my wrist 8 weeks ago. The cast was removed one week ago and luckily, i came across your videos and I thank the universe every day that i did. Your teaching is just amazing and so helpful. My wrist and hand movement is improving by the day. Best wishes and greetings from English ❤
By far the best thanks
Excellent exercises
Really great, so I'm thankful to you.🙏🙏 Now I feel better, and may be regular exercise will help me more to move my thumb. 👍
This video is really bringing up a lot for me.