Hand and Finger Exercises to Decrease Stiffness: Real Time Routine for BOTH Hands

Hand stiffness can be tough to deal with! In this video, you'll learn how to decrease your finger and thumb stiffness with 9 different hand exercises.
Join me, Michelle from Virtual Hand Care, as I gently guide you through 10 repetitons of each exercise, on BOTH hands. Most videos do not show you how to do the exercises on your right and left hands. Sometimes that can be frustrating when you are not sure how to best positon yourself. Luckily, you can follow along with me.
It can take time to work through your stiffness so this video is one of my longer ones. But your hands and fingers will feel amazing afterwards!
Best of all NO equipment is needed.
Check out the original video I created 6 years ago to see how much my videos have improved, you can watch it here- • Hand and Finger Exerci...
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00- Hand and Finger Exercises to Decrease Stiffness: Real Time Routine for BOTH Hands
00:55 RIGHT HAND AND FINGER EXERCISES TO DECREASE STIFFNESS
01:18 DIP Blocking
04:36 Thumb IP Blocking
05:18 PIP Blocking
08:21 MP Blocking
09:37 Tendon Glides
11:19 Thumb Tip to Tip 'O's
14:27 Finger Spreads
15:15 Finger Flexion 'C' Stretch
22:46 Thumb Flexion Stretch
25:03 LEFT HAND AND FINGER EXERCISES TO DECREASE STIFFNESS
25:12 DIP Blocking
28:21 Thumb IP Blocking
29:00 PIP Blocking
31:51 MP Blocking
33:05 Tendon Glides
34:33 Thumb Tip to Tip 'O's
37:38 Finger Spreads
38:32 Finger Flexion 'C' Stretch
46:15 Thumb Flexion Stretch
I am such a huge advocate of finding exercises and movement that increase your hand dexterity, strength, and hand function. I hope that you find these exercises helpful and they provide you some easy to follow exercises without having to use any equipment.
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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.

[@VirtualHandCare]

Try this UPDATED Hand and Finger Exercises to Decrease Stiffness: Real Time Routine for BOTH Hands.🔥Follow along with me as we do 10 repetitions of 9 different exercises on BOTH hands. No equipment is needed. 🙌 Let's conquer your hand stiffness together! Let me know in the comments below how these worked out for you. 💪 Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE so I can see all your COMMENTS. 🙏

[@mariavioricaavram6202]

Va mulțumesc pentru ajutor

[@myfrawings]

Wow Michelle, thank you for gathering up all these precious easy-to-follow exercises in one video & for practicing them real time instead of just showing them! ☺🙏 You give me hope that one day my fingers will be fully functional again!

[@VirtualHandCare]

You're so welcome!

[@jgg22100]

Thank you ! My arthritic fingers haven't felt this good in years. So happy to find your website. Your pace is perfect 👌

[@LK-zl9wv]

Yes, thank you!! You are not only professional and clearly experienced, but also encouraging, positive and so very intuitive.

[@user-qf6og1ke6z]

This is very helpful and leaves me very excited Michelle. These exercises left my fingers relaxed and flexible. I can now go on with my daily chores without feeling miserable. Thank you so much.

[@elizabethwiggins3849]

Thank you, just had carpal tunnel surgery on 10/18. This video is the best.

[@GrannaJulie]

Thank you!!!! I’m recovering from surgery for a broken ulna and radial head. Amazing results after only one session. I’m going to repeat daily.

[@kimthom5793]

After breaking my wrist last November i really feel the need to stretch my fingers more than just usual movement. This is really helpful thanks.

[@gloriag9422]

Excellent. Thank you very much; these exercises have helped me tremendously after my hand surgery

[@wendybarker590]

Thank you so much Michelle for collating these fabulous exercises into one video. I've been doing these and others from your catalogue since my cast removal, after a wrist fracture (distal radius and ulna) in September, have made a good recovery as my fingers were very stiff (thumb and index finger weren't even in the same neighbourhood!) and now I can easily form a C with each finger and almost a full fist. Courtesy of the fracture and being immobilized in a cast for 6 weeks I also discovered thumb arthritis - and your videos have been tremendously helpful here as well. Now need to work further on wrist strengthening, in tandem with a recent diagnosis of adhesive capsulitus (frozen shoulder) which explains tge increasingly intense shoulder and upper arm pain since the cast removal. Yikes - a whole heap of pain, sleepless nights, and a long journey ahead I understand, meanwhile it's important to acknowledge your kindness and generosity in sharing your expertise and exercises which have helped me so much with wrist and hand recovery.

[@siewmeywong]

Thank you! Thank you! Michelle. God bless you! ❤

[@edithco310]

Michelle thank you so much for this amazing video. God bless.

[@MikeCraver23]

thanks so much! I've come to your site a couple times now over the last two years and you've always been a great help and you have such a pleasant and assuring manner too. Wonderful work!

[@user-ix2mo6ul6y]

Thank you so much - this is just what I needed. I had wrist surgery 6 weeks ago and my fingers are very stiff. This video is so helpful, as is your one for the wrist. I shall be doing these daily now as it is really making a big difference.

[@Shamar0508]

Thank you for this video. This helped me before seeing the physical therapist

[@gennylaracuente7085]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge What a blessing has been

[@nikkiswenson54]

You are a treasure of greay info and exercises! Thank you!

[@annadickhudt4579]

Michelle it is helpful for my hands too practicing from exercise

[@nalinigunawardana1461]

Hi Michell many thanks for all the exercises they are really helping me especially the exercises for both hands my left ring finger was very painful when I try to open these exercises help me for both hands I can open them but some times a bit stiff thanks a lot

[@chandrasampathkumar6348]

Hi i am from India. Thanks a lot dear.i am suffering from o.a.from march 2023.today i came across your channel and started doing the exercises along with you. I feel relaxed .My right hand fingers thanked you so much. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alessiocaruba7868]

Best meet in web...lovely Michelle...tx so much!

[@evapaula-re7rp]

Thank you so much for your help!!🙏

[@lathanair6164]

THANK YOU MICHELLE 😊 Thankful to God to lead me to this video. God bless you 💖

[@Aidan_Mom]

My goodness I really feel good result dear thank u so much🤗🤗

[@dawlatwahby9923]

Thank you Michelle ❤️

[@invisiblyatrocious174]

Awesome, Thank you so much

[@kentcarlos]

Fantastic. Thanks so much.

[@mirembemillicent8785]

Thanks Michelle the exercises are working well my hands are now relaxed

[@raw1915]

Great great great. Thank you for this set of exercises for my stiff fingers…

[@fayworsham2215]

These are great for stiffness. Thank you.

[@MrMrLucien]

Thank you so much for your wisdom I am grateful 🙏

[@ritaabdullah5969]

Thanks so much Michelle, love from Indonesia

[@nganguyen-ug6oc]

Thanks

[@jokewijngaarden5588]

Thank you!

[@carolinasalgado9229]

That’s very healthful to me Michellle especially at my age 75. You are God’s sent👍

[@JillSullivan-lo4nn]

So grateful for your video. Smashed the very tip of my index finger on my dominate right hand. Fractured the bone. Ten stitches plus glue on middle finger 9days ago. Ouch this video is really helping me. Cannot wait to get the stitches out Monday morning. Thank you!

[@mariamartinez-dy1xp]

thank you!!!

[@sajit5085]

I got fractured my middle finger then it was buddy taped to ring finger and at post fracture recovery I found both my middle finger and ring finger got stiffen and could not bend from middle. I am following your different videos and getting better day after day.

[@kaiserR7245]

Thank you

[@justicepablo9775]

Thank YOU

[@eleonoravanleeuwenboomkamp7500]

What an amazing exercises! And you are so nice! Eleonora, from the Netherlands.

[@aryachannel-vg6dp]

These are great for stiffness thank you sister 😍❤️❤️👍🙏🙏

[@markf2k]

This is very helpful for me. Thank you so much for walking us through the exercises.

[@VirtualHandCare]

Glad it was helpful!

[@morganedwards6365]

​@@VirtualHandCare I had a severe dislocation and fracture of the L ring finger on 3/23/23. Surgery on 3/30 required a plate, 3 pins & 2 screws. . Middle ring & pinky fingers all affected with swelling and stiffness. Nearly 4 months later, I still can't make a fist. I am unable to move the DIP/PIP of the ring finger without forcing them. What exercises can you recommend that will help me?

[@daodo7982]

Thanks❤️👍🌸

[@narendrajivanlalpanchal5125]

Nice practical tends finger

[@natalieanderson308]

Oh, happy day. Your timing is exceptional, as I’ll be coming out of my cast in two weeks, and my OT is on me to limber up those digits! Thank you.

[@VirtualHandCare]

Yay!! This should definitely help!

[@martinabagallon5958]

thanks

[@wayankariasa3603]

I am from bali...thx mom for your information 🙏🙏

[@GodisAlliEverNeeded54]

Thankyou

[@yashodaramarao5899]

Very useful. Thsnk u mam. But not yet possible to do it as shown. Trying .

[@MateTadin]

My hands and finger thank you so much ice lady

[@dianeball8515]

On Jan. 17, 2023, I broke my wrist very badly. I've been frustrated, lately, with my P.T. and love your exercises. I was one of those patients, who had the hammer side to side, like you said. This was early in my recovery and because of the weght of the hammer, which was a small size, it was very uncomfortable and hard to hold. I was, also, told to wiggle my fingers. I was surprised to never get a cast, I had a splint and I could not wiggle my thumb. Then, I was given a brace, which kept rubbing on the middle inside of my thumb. When these devices were removed, I had a VERY STIFF thumb, which hurt like the dickens! I am still in P.T. and even though I have told my P.T. that my fingers, hand, and wrist were swollen, it was only a few days where he started working on the stiffness. My surgery was on Jan. 23 and I'm still having the swollen fingers with tingling (feels like they are asleep).

[@gitapatel2256]

Hi Michelle your brilliant exercises are very good and very good illustrations . I had surgery if my wrist had plate and 9 screws fitted . My fingers are stiff and still unable to do a proper fist . How can you help me do this . I have a trigger in my little finger on pip and is slightly bent how can I improve it .

[@TomKatsiroubas]

Thank you so much. I’m recovering from a boxers fracture and was feeling a bit down about the status of my hand. Your videos are excellent and keep me motivated to recover. Thank you again.

[@jillenegirvan4664]

I can relate to you , I am feeling the same

[@mansfieldfamily5389]

I was able to undo a small knot in a string today after doing just a few of these yesterday!!!!!!! You'll probably understand why that's such a victory 🎉🎉

[@VirtualHandCare]

I do understand! It’s the little things! 🙌

[@user-ix3os9hk5b]

I need more of t❤❤❤these

[@lathal3801]

Thank you so much mam and for scar remove advice please

[@TheMuseLuci]

I'm attempting to watch this video and do the exercises every day to regain my hand mobility

[@geetaverma8269]

Many thanks Michelle, I am doing these exercises daily for about a week, I struggle with MP block because of joint stiffness is there anything I can do to help with this

[@judefernandez827]

You have such beautiful graceful hands 🎉

[@veesworld2320]

I need this 💯. Fingers and hands exercise.

[@VirtualHandCare]

Let's do them together! 🙌

[@MarlanWarren]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@VirtualHandCare]

You're welcome!

[@playful1]

Hi there I am specifically interested in strengthening my both ring fingers can you please show me how. Thx

[@oliviaflores5777]

Wow

[@mariaplamadeala6695]

Doamna dacă ati ști cita sanatate va doresc,sa trăiți ca ne trebuiti va mulțumesc din suflet ca existați pe acest pamint ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@maureenlemon2288]

Thank you Michelle these are great, I’m 90 and it is helping 22:02

[@maureenlemon2288]

Thank you Michelle for these exercises I’m 90 and needed this badly.

[@VirtualHandCare]

You're so welcome!

[@briegondwe6714]

Thank so much l just started this exercises this morning and l believe it wil help out ...l will do this everyday 😊and l will come here with feedback😊

[@VirtualHandCare]

You are weclome! Please keep us posted!

[@briegondwe6714]

@@VirtualHandCare but l have a question ,why is it that when am trying to bend the triggered finger it hurts like it's kind difficult 😔thou am still forcing it to bend

[@adelecasden3051]

Michelle I enjoy your exercises. I broke my pinky on left hand 2 months ago. It’s been out of cast after pinning surgery about 5 weeks. My pinky is still so swollen. The cast was too tight. I see there’s an electric hand messager. Do you think I should try it? I bought a soft ball to squeeze. I’m doing this set of exercises twice daily. After exercises my pinky hurts. Also my wrist hurts. I’m wearing a simple wrap on my wrist. Also how long do I sleep with my hand on a pillow? I’m in Calabasas, California.

[@michaelbevins4923]

Hello I found your video and can barely do the c stretches with my right hand fingers. If I keep at them, will I get better range of motion eventually? Sorry if that’s a dumb question!

[@LALanLui]

I am a atypical Parkinsonism patient. I used to have very good handwriting. Now, I have very small handwriting & I can’t read my own handwriting. I wonder whether your hand finger exercises would help. I’m going to try!

[@donnaalexander7490]

I broke my wrist (non surgical) 8 weeks ago. My fingers are still quite stiff and I'm unable to bend my thumb at all. Can you suggest any exercises I can do to help strength and increase the motion?

[@MK-mt5rk]

I have numbness in my fingers at night, will these exercises help?

[@katiweitzenfeld7293]

July 2, 2023 THANK YOU for all the wonderful exercises, but right now especially this one. After being in a cast for 6 weeks, I was so stiff, I didn’t hope to be able to make a fist soo soon! I’m almost there!!

[@katiweitzenfeld7293]

And it’s really helpful that you are doing all in real time, finger by finger ❤

[@CHUKWUELOZONAMOKONJOR]

Hi there, I saw your comment now and this kind of gave me hope. I had a right 3rd metacarpal fracture and I had a cast on for exactly 6 weeks. Removed it last week Thursday. But my fingers are still super stiff and it gets worse when I wake up in the morning. I can’t make a fist yet. Just my fingers coming down half way. Please how long did it take you to come this far to success ? I’ll appreciate any encouragement from you 🙏🏿

[@katiweitzenfeld7293]

@@CHUKWUELOZONAMOKONJOR Hi! Well…. It is a slow process . It took me 8 weeks, but now I can make a proper fist 🤜. The first three weeks I wasn’t very diligent but after that I did the exercises at least once or twice a day. It still gets stiff in the mornings but after a warm pack and some exercise it eases up. Don’t despair, it’s a slow progress, but it will get easier. And I think it’s important to notice and appreciate any little progress, it spurred me on to keep up the work.

[@CHUKWUELOZONAMOKONJOR]

@@katiweitzenfeld7293 Thank you so much for this words of encouragement 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 You don’t know how stressed I’ve been lately about this. I appreciate a lot and will keep up with the exercises. I’m grateful 🙌🏿

[@katiweitzenfeld7293]

@@CHUKWUELOZONAMOKONJOR wishing you great success and fast healing!!!

[@daodo7982]

❤👍

[@karirivera5854]

I have a question my wife just had surgery on the middle finger tendon still has stitches, but she can move her fingers little but her finger hurts because she can not lower it much that exercises can help her move her fingers and if after the stitches are removed she will be able to do a little more movement in her fingers.

[@simsationsgold7177]

Do you have anything for finger swelling?What the cause behind the swelling? I'm just healing from a hairline fracture in the dip of my index finger. It is healed, but I need to go for physio for two weeks for it. How often should I perform these exercises? Hope it helps to calm down the swelling. I'm due to return to work afterward. My work involves lifting. Are there any extra tips? (Trys to make claw) mmhhh. Sigh. Sorry, I'm anxious to return to duty.

[@kaiserR7245]

My little finger 2nd joint sliping back side which excercise i do

[@sohcahtoa8960]

Hi Michelle, I broke my proximal humerus 3 months ago and I had a plate with 9 screws put in. My hand on that side has been swollen and has progressively gotten very little range of motion, pain, and stiffness. My surgeon said to wait 3 months before doing anything. He finally put me on steroids and the swelling is not as bad but I still can't straighten or bend my fingers. I did these exercises but I am barely moving my fingers before pain sets in. My index finger will not straighten and is curved. Do you have any videos to work on that? Insurance will not pay for OT so I found your video. I will keep at it and hopefully I can get my hand use back. Thank you for making this to help me! I like your style and appreciate that your video takes me though the entire set of exercises.

[@apocalypsh]

hey mate did you recover from your injury ?

[@RalphaNagel-mo7eg]

Is it possible that I can crochet with arthritis in my hand’s. Will it make it worse?

[@venkatraju50007]

Hi Michelle, I have been having left little finger pain with heavy stiffness since 4 years ago, but after seeing the video and practice since 4 days, it looks good, able to type keyboard. it will be 100% better in 15 to 1 month.

[@VirtualHandCare]

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing! 🙌

[@allabouttravel6433]

Hi Madam, At night time, my left hand index finger is very stiff, I can't even bend my finger. I had a partial flexor tendon tear. But in the morning with a little exercise I am able to bend my index finger completely. It will be really great if you help me out what exercise I should do to get rid of stiffness waiting for comments.

[@veronicamoras3530]

Very useful exercise .

[@bobrome6549]

I'm a guitar player and just turned 65. My fretting hand (left) has been getting worse with common OA in the index and middle - literally cramping my playing. When I do your PIP blocking bend my left index snaps - kind of a clunk and wips down. I guess that's trigger finger. Any suggestions to help that? Assuming I should just continue the exercises regardless. Thanks so much for your therapeutic vid's!

[@VirtualHandCare]

Sounds like to could be. Best to get it checked out by your doctor! I do have other videos that could help too- kzbin.info/www/bejne/iInPgqKchqtjrZY

[@nirmalawijesinghe1996]

My small fingers stifning 9:13 and bending.what am I doing Dr?

[@respiravita4643]

Do you have a real time video (or one in the making) for decreasing wrist stiffness - flexion/extension, radial and ulnar?

[@sealevelcain9128]

My ring finger(phylanx) is stiff after surgery its been 1-2 months still cant make a fist

[@gitapatel2256]

It has been almost 6 months is it normal I can’t still make a fist?

[@henedinemarzan7696]

I always feel the stiffness

[@MateTadin]

Nice lady💁💁😇

[@RalphaNagel-mo7eg]

13:01

[@imotaaca1649]

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[@ksatiyakumari572]

Thank you

[@shirleyjaneen4405]

Thanks

[@jgg22100]

Thank you!

[@VirtualHandCare]

You're welcome!

[@firstpitstop]

Thanks