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Patient Handout Download
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Explanation Videos
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Basic Exercises
Accelerate your recovery! 💨 Do these exercises TWICE daily in this sequence while waiting for your physiotherapy appointment. 📅
Stress Ball Squeeze
Reps: 5 Sec hold, 10 Reps, 2 Sets
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- Start: Begin sitting with your hand in a comfortable position, holding a stress ball in your palm.
- Move: Gently squeeze the ball using all of your fingers equally, hold for 5 seconds, release and repeat.
- Tip: Make sure to keep the rest of your arm relaxed during the movement.
Finger AROM Exercises
Reps: As prescribed in video
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- Finger abduction and adduction
- Tabletop Exercise
- Finger blocking exercises
- First Joint
- Second Joint
- Hook Fist