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making fist - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

making fist

sit with forearm supported, hand off armrest, palm down, repeatedly open and close fingers into a fist.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
wrist, hand
Muscles
forearm flexors, finger flexors, intrinsic hand muscles
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, coordination, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on the chair, rest the forearm on arm rest such that hand is off the arm rest and palm facing towards the floor. Keep the fingers and palm open, make the fist by closing all the fingers, open the fingers to starting position and repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.