Best Finger Exercises in a cast (GET YOUR FINGERS MOVING FAST)
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- Michelle, Virtual hand therapist and Founder of Virtual Hand Care shows you the BEST finger exercises to do in a cast to PREVENT STIFFNESS!
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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.
Had surgery 2 weeks ago. Changed casts 3 days ago and was told that I HAVE TO stretch my fingers, but zero instructions or acknowledgment of the pain and difficulties on doing so. Your videos are helping me out a lot! Thank you so much!
I’m a guitarist that just crashed my motorcycle and had a multiple wrist fracture. I have the outer metal Rod holding in place screwed in and only 5 days removed and starting this. I can’t do all the rings probably until I’m in the brace in 2 weeks but this is super helpful. I can’t lose my ability to play and this is great to help me be proactive.
the first time I broke my wrist I wasn't told about these exercises. I was very shocked with how stiff my hand & fingers were. I have now broken my other wrist. This time I want to try to work my fingers as much as I can. Thanks for this video - very helpful.
Thank you for your video. I broke my distal radius four weeks ago and are currently still in the cast. Luckily the hospital advised me well about exercising: not just wiggling, but extending, flexing and spreading the hand every hour, but I wanted to know if I could do more and I found your video. All the other videos are about what to do after the cast is removed, but I want to avoid atrophy. Your video is one of the rare videos for in-cast exercise. Now I have a fresh exercise regime 💪 So thank you for your very clear explanation!
You are welcome! And I am happy to hear you were given great advise for your fingers right from the beginning.
same foe me with the distal radius fracture and my large wrist bone was also displaced. My cast is a little higher on my hand but not so much that I can at least do all of the exercises to some extent. I was told just to move my fingers without any other exercises that I can do for my knuckles and hand. I slowly turn my arm towards the inside to lay flat because I can't use the fingers that are out of my cast because my arm and hand, when facing forward is with my thumb facing upward with palm in.
@@VirtualHandCare hi, ma'am, do you have Instagram account so I can share my wrist x ray to you?
My booboo, happened Monday, feel down steps, fratured left wrist on both sides.
I'm in a stabke cast until surgery, my fingers are swollen, and I'm looking to reduce it.
I googled it ave found you. I will be practicing for full range and motion before and after surgery.
Thank you for the help, so much needed. I'm a new subscriber.❤
Im soo glad to find u i had very much help from u advice than k u ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for this. I had ORIF wrist surgery 3 weeks ago. I was only told to "move my fingers". Yesterday my whole hand was stiff and painful. I started doing your exercises last night and they are so effective. My hand almost feels normal today. Except for my thumb which is still really painful, although improved as well. Thanks again!
Love this woman.
Michelle, you're the best!
Thank you for the informative video
Great.. thanks alot for these wonderful exercises
Many thanks Michelle
Thank you for the video!!
I second Albertine's comments below. Your video is incredibly helpful - thank you
Helpful, thanks.
I had surgery 5 days ago and your video with cast on is a life changer. Thanks so much 😊
Thank you so very much! ❤😊🎉
Thank you Michelle. These videos are awesome. Really helping me out. You're the best.
very helpful
This is just what I was looking for after breaking my wrist a few days before Christmas. Thank you
Thank you Michelle. I’ve been using your exercises since day 1 of my cast and I’m two weeks ahead on my healing because of your kindness in sharing your knowledge in this and your other videos. Thanks for making a difference.
Wow Mike! That is wonderful news! I appreciate your generous super thanks! I am very grateful.🙏
Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much
Thank you 🙏🏼
Wow glad I found your videos. I broke my right wrist only two days ago and yesterday had it recast after they put a pin in. So I really want to help myself as much as possible..( I was only told to wiggle my fingers too)
Thank you, Michelle. These exercises are making an incredible difference to my hand and overall well-being.❤
Thanks!
Thank u vey much mam.it's very important to me for my boken hand finger exercise.thanku
I got multiple fractures in my left wrist and had four k-wires and an external fixator. Your video have helped me a lot to move my fingers. Thank you
Thank you so much for making and posting this video. I just hand a surgery on a forearm fracture and got bad swelling in my hand. I wasn't shown any exercises, just was told to move the fingers. Those on the video is a nice drill
Thank you so much for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
God bless you. Thank you :)
Thank you for this video i am aman and im 16 years old and im going through a wrist fracture this video helps me a lot thank you
Brilliant
Thank u a lot
Its my 9th day after forearm surgery and i followed along for 3 days i feel more lossen in my finger and stiffed is gone. I feel much better. Its big help your video. Thank you so much maam. God bless and more power to ur upcoming videos 🙏❤️💋
hello! how often do this? 2-3 times per day? 10min? thank you
Tks for this vedeo.I had a distal Radius fracture set without surgery.But in a very tight cast which has made my fingers so stiff.Cast was remouved 3 weeks ago but sadly I saw yr vedeos only now.Have been doing these exercises you showed and they are very helpful .But a short while later the stiffness returns .Pls let me know how many times and how often should these be done for a day ?I still cannot make a fist but about halfway only.Unfortunately I was not advised about these consequens by the doctor.Pls advice.
Thanks a lot for the video. How many times I should do these exercises a day..?
Thank you, this video was soooooo helpful.😊 I wish my surgeon, nurses, anyone would have given me some more helpful information like this other than just “wiggle your fingers”.
Glad it was helpful!
I agree with you. Mine didn't and I'm suffering because of that!
Thank you. I had wrist surgery and have a plate with screws in. Unfortunately there was nerve damage in my carpal tunnel so my thumb, index and middle finger in numb. Could be many months till this heals. Doctor told me to keep moving my fingers with other hand so they don’t get stiff. Which I do many times a day. Do you have any other recommendations until my cast comes off which won’t be for another 4 weeks? Thank you
what a star
U r an angel. Thank you for boosting confidence n tips to be PROACTIVE.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ON U TUBE. GOD BLESS YOU
You are so welcome!
Hey can I get that link to the proper fit cast video please
Hi thanks so much for the help! I've been trying these exercises but to move my ring finger is very painful because I may have also broken my elbow. Should I simply try and push my hand to the Limit should I give it a rest and not do the exercises?
Thank you for this video - it is really clear and very helpful. Especially if you haven't been given advice about moving your fingers with a cast on, as happened to me!
You are welcome! I’m sorry to hear you weren’t given any guidance. 🙏
Thanks for making video
Thank you for your vedio,I broke my lower end of radius 3 months ago but movements are restricted.
What if I have pain where the fracture is while doing these exercises? I broke my scaphoid 3 days ago. It hurts to move thumb and pointer finger.
Thanks for the video BTW!
So helpful
Thanks so much!!
My thumb is not free at the bottom like the video.
I have a wrist fracture and Dr said he I was doing well moving my fingers well.
I was proactive on moving my fingers ASAP after getting my 1st splint in ER.
That’s great! It will definitely help you in the long run.
Shall i do this exercise by wearing splint for 4th metacatpak fracture
thank you... how about if just too late to watch your video...and now i have stiff finger from the cast for 6 weeks...
Thank you so much for your help :) I am 2 weeks and 3 casts Opp last week and wires . Start PT soon . Wow it hurts. I can bend fingers done daily . Thumb to index and middle cant get no further at moment . Will keep going . Missing my swimming so much . Once more thankyou .
You can do it!
Thnx. Can we do these even when hand is swollen?
Just had surgery to remove a cyst from my wrist and this relieved a lot of stress I was feeling build in my finger tips
Yes! 🙌
Thank you for making these videos available. I had a very ill fitting full cast from the hospital last year, mid Dec. Fingers felt like they were in a pickle jar. Had very poor range of motion with fingers for first 5 days. Thanks to your videos, on the 6th day, I got my surgeons office to replace it with a better fitting 1/2 cast. I'm a woman in my 60's that had distal radius surgery with Volar plate, screws and 2 pins below my thumb 5 weeks ago. Cast is off, replaced with removable brace, but pins don't come out till next week. I was wondering, is it normal to get intense muscle spasm pain down the back of my arm (opposite side from surgery site) when I first do these finger blocking exercises? I'm applying moist heat before doing exercises, as you suggested, but the pain is intense.
Should I do the finger exercises if they cause minor discomfort in my wrist (Radial styloid fracture, non-displaced)? Injury March 14th. Today is April 6.
Ty! My hand had line in it that was not moving ty
Even on the 1st days of hard split cast day after er watched ur video did the excercises to avoid stiffness n get back to work as asap. But felt the burn in muscles in cast. Ty.! But how about wrist fracture exercises.
I really appreciate these videos because with the population growing so exponential Lee it was like fast food when I got my cast on in the orthopaedic text did a horrible job they were cutting into my toes and the one on the hand at the hospital dear was also a screwup but of course they were a whole screwup to begin with because they didn’t admit me and I had multiple broken bones in different places of my body nevertheless the orthopaedic surgeon only told me to pull my two broken fingers down towards my palm nothing more I found so much more on TH-cam we really have to take our own health into our hands now because we could end up in such a mess if we did nothing but follow what little directions they gave us… I’ve got an essential oils one bottle was $100 in itself but it is great for healing of bones… There’s even food you can eat to help your bones heal more quickly… Do you have any video specifically about a fractured hand and fingers?
Yes, unfortunately quality of care can suffer when trying to push too many people through. I have several videos that can help fractured fingers. Here are a few-th-cam.com/video/wcPD6BB5TKE/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/Z_nEFYY6D2I/w-d-xo.html
How about someone who had severe wrist fracture surgery. After the surgery the finger are become stiff and the wrist as well .
Any advice?
thank you this video help me so much I broke my arm :[
Thank you, I just had surgery yesterday on my wrist and doing these just once helped a lot. I will continue to do them. 👍🏻
You are welcome! So glad they are helping!
@@VirtualHandCare Maam my hand broke
Unfortunately, /i broke my wrist and the hospital told me not to use my fingers for anything so I avoided moving them and my doctor just changed my cast (after a month of a full cast) to a shorter one and only the bottom of my arm is a hard cast and told me to start PT for my fingers because they are extremely stiff. I wish they would've given me proper advice from the beginning. I appreciate this video because it's already helping me after doing these exercises even just a little bit.
Ugh! I hate hearing that and I am sorry you had to deal with that. But that is encouraging to hear the exercises are helping!
These exercises is good if you had surgery in your wrist or a cast without surgery?
i have a radius fracture in the distal/upper area between the middle and th wrist.. my thumb is the only one im really strugling with. i cant seem to move it 'backwards' at all and it hurts the brake area. normal? im 2 weeks after brake/surgery day
I laughed when she said all the hospital says is to wiggle your fingers. Lol that’s exactly what they said to me
Is cracking fingers by pulling them or pressuring them okay?
Mam distal radius surgery complete 6 weeks ago but in cast hand i have use my properly?
If your patient couldn’t do these actively and you were doing it passively how would you document this under manual therapy?
i fractured my wrist over 2 weeks ago and i can bend all of my fingers except my little finger because my cast is to far up my hand. do you think i should wait until i see my dr in 3 weeks or is it important to let him know now.
My mother got wrist fracture 6 weeks before. Now her fingers got swollen completely and she is unable to do any of your fingers exercises. What should we do now?
Thank you for this! I fell down a flight of stairs, hitting my head on the way down whipping it back onto the last step and landing on my wrist. I didn’t realize I had a concussion until I was five days in and having huge head pain, memory glitches, sleep disturbance and VERTIGO. No one told me to even ice the wrist, although I knew to do that. If course they didn’t tell me to move my fingers and the cast was very tight around my hand. Went in to 3rd xray and they are doing aurgery. My hand was killing me after taking it out of the cast… and probably from not moving. Surgery is tomorrow, and I am thankful Inwas able go atart mohing my fingers! Unbelivable how they not only ignored my consuaion but also post cast recovery.
Pretty shocking! I am seeing a hand specialist, so hope for no more mysteries!
I have my cast on and it feels llike there is a liquid dripping inside but I cant figure out what it is actually, by the way my arm got open wound from total fracture of my arm.. can I still do finger exercise?
Oh OW! I'm at 6 weeks in a cast, wish I had seen this sooner. I can't independently move my fingers. 😢
I just got out of my cast yesterday and indeed I was told to just wiggle. The stiffness is unbelievable in my fingers, and I barely have movement in the wrist. The exercises you show here and on the wrist video look good and I will see how I can improve my motion by doing them. My question is: is it useful to use my non-injured hand to help? For example, my thumb is almost entirely incapable of reaching my ring finger. Would holding it into the stretch with my good hand be of help or am I likely to overdo it?
Using the other hand can be a big help!
@@VirtualHandCare Thanks. I spent last night looking through your videos, picking out the most relevant. I've now put together a list of the exercises that I think will help and set myself a schedule. Day one has been uncomfortable but productive, so thank you for these videos. As I looked through more of them I discovered you recommend and show how to use the uninjured hand to help. And thank you for explaining how the different ways of doing it helps, from passive stretching to engaging the muscles.
I had surgery on my middle finger 5 years ago and it is still stiff. I am very demotivating. Been doing a rehab and it does not have any progress. Probably I did not do exercise often. Should I go back to get a surgery again to clear scar that wraps up a tendon or I just have to be more focusing on exercising? Please advise
Your vdo really motivates me and gives me hope. I can't make a fist I can't bend/ flex my finger and I am so frustrated.
Sorry to hear about your finger! There are some things you can do however it is beyond what I can explain on here. If you have not exercised consistently 3 or 4 times a day then I would start there. I do offer affordable online consults that can also help your stiffness which I can go in greater detail- go to virtualhandcare.com to set up an appointment. I would try that first before you jump into another surgery.
NEED HELP: I broken my Distal radius three weeks back and was in cast for first two weeks.. my fingers were were much swollen and reduced now ..But the problem is my finger tips are still numb and swollen a bit.. is this normal how can i make it better.. ? If normal how long it will take to recover..
Would you suggest this be once a day, or more?
All my f fingers are swollen
what do you do for blue fingers/poor circulation in cast?
Contact your doctor as soon as possible!
How often do you do the exercises?
Typically 3-4 times
I haven’t been able to move my thumb and can barely feel it since the surgery ( plate and screws) also found these exercises is extremely painful down one side of my arm and the back of the bottom of the back of my hand. I told the hospital and they told me to exercise more and take Paracetamol. My fingers have started to look like fat sausages and are now extremely painful all the time. Even a sheet touching them hurts. Can someone please advise me what to do. I’m in so much pain now I’m feeling unwell and dizzy a lot of the time
Thank you. The thumb movement really hurts my wrist. Doubt I can do this one
Same i am on 6th day post op distal radius now and i can feel the metal plate insde me. How’s your thumb doing now?
@@chaywednesday5131 it's much better now thanks. I'm sure you'll improve, just give it time
Thank you, Michelle. I had an injury and had surgery on my right hand on 22 July in the HSS hospital, NY, NY. Is it real-time to do your exercise? And how can I found your first video? Thank you.
I am sorry but I am not sure what 'first' video you are referring to.
@@VirtualHandCare i think he means like your first video ever made
I had surgery on.my wrist on July 21st also. I think I will wait a bit to do these exercises. My wrist has just started to heal.
I just dd a joint fusion
But the fingers are so stiff
Can’t do the tip with the index finger too.
Wish I had seen this video months ago. My index finger is now so stiff I cannot even bend it with the help of my other hand. I wasn't given exercises by my PT until a month out from the injury, and I am now paying the price ☹️
It's a good chance to get the 700 like ❤️ checking box, really you make a big change in medical care field, all respects
Thank you Michelle
Awesome video,
I want to ask that how many times a day should this be followed?
Usually 2-3 times a day is good however you may want to customize that to what you need.
Thank you
Thank you for the tips. I broke my left wrist when I was in hospital after a fall. It had to be manipulated and 2 weeks later is still painful. I wasn't given any exercises but have been using my fingers because I need to living on my own and I'm 71. One finger and my thumb is still numb in places but against n I wasn't given any advise or help.
what if the exercises hurt?
My doctor told me that.
Thank you, so much. ❤
Three weeks in and I just found out about moving more than "wiggle fingers" 🙄 (from Dr.)
Hopefully, three weeks more, I can make them move, more.
But cast does not let all fingers touch thumb so I will manually move, as much as I can.
Still in a cast?.. what else do you do for relief!? For the uncomfortable itching or stiffness?
@@IceESole Not in cast. In a very uncomfortable wrist brace that hits the wrongs spots and leaves bruises and sort spots 😓
And I didn't have a lot of itching, in cast. Thankfully.
@@IceESole for stiffness... I don't know. Working on it.
@@TownGirl04 you and me both..I'm out of the cast..I tried with the 4 different sizes I've been in to do these exercises..didn't help. My fingers are stiff and can't bend..I'm in therapy still stiff..
@@IceESole Sometimes, if you heat you can, you can do more.
Just home after a galeazzi fracture. I didn't see a physio therapist before my discharge so this video is great. Just wondering does anyone know how many times a day I should do the exercises. I'm day 3 after my fracture. Thanks
I had a galeazzi fracture with DRUJ. Does it heal fast?
You have a very engaging face.
I had a cast on for 36 days from breaking two bones. Dr wasn't very helpful in telling me what physical therapy to do or to go to actual PT. I can't move my fingers at all. My bone is healed but it's off center. He said that doesn't affect the fingers. I have PT set up for next week. It's very depressing. I'm right handed, live alone. Such a challenge to do stuff alone with one hand,
2 days post surgery? Yea, I was told just to wiggle fingers
I broke my wrist recently, an from my experience, it’s best to keep excruciating your arm but not too much.
Day 1 you should relax the arm as much as possible, wiggle your fingers a bit
Day 2 try to splay your fingers but not too much, when it hurts go back to the resting position and try again about 10 more times, also move your upper arm a bit and keep your back straight. Let your cast hang for few seconds if possible.
Day 3 let your cast hang longer. Do some half bicep curls with your free hand to lightly help support. Splay your fingers more and keep moving arm but stop when there’s pain
Day 4 and so on you should keep working but not too hard, the goal is to keep atrophy to a minimum
My doctor did not show me this but just told me to wiggle now 8 weeks later cannot make a fist
its weird. my brain doesnt even think its connected to the top knuckle of my thumb. its like it doesnt exist
Thank GOD I can still play my sax, 🙄🎷