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finger pinch - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

finger pinch

seated finger pinch exercise targeting thumb opposition and fine motor control with palm supinated.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
wrist, hand
Muscles
interossei, thenar muscles, opponens pollicis, flexor pollicis brevis
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, coordination, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active

How it is done

Sit on the chair, rest the foresrm on the arm rest such that hand is off the arm rest and palm facing towards the ceiling. Pinch the tip of thumb and index finger, release the pinch and repeat with other fingers alternately.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.