Stretching exercises: how to stretch fingers, thumb, wrist, hand and forearm ("Hand Awakening!") 

Put it on 0.75x speed for longer stretch

amazing stuff , work in the trades , hands and forearms have been really messed up for a year now . just tried these stretches for the first time . instant relief thankyou

Thank you sir! All your videos are brilliant. My guitar practice became enjoyable and virtually painless. 1-2 months ago I could only play comfortably for a half an hour or so. Since I've started doing this daily, sometimes twice, I've sat with my instrument 4 or more hours at a time. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us on how to take care of the body in a post industrial culture where we are moving much less than our predecessors. THANK YOU KIT LAUGHLIN! STAY LIMBER!

Wow, I've been doing a lot of typing and have needed this badly! Thank you so much.

I am a heavy computer user and have been suffering a litte as of late, thanks so much for this, I am putting it into use immediately

thank you so much for this incredibly helpful video. first time I've been introduced to these effective exercises!

thank you so much. I desperately needed this

Brilliant, thank you for this.

I injured my right wrist while lifting weights about 6 months ago. A hand Orthopedic said it was tendonitis (no fractures in XRAY), and he gave me a cortisone shot in my wrist. Unfortunately it hasn't helped. I started sleeping with wrist splints (I work on a computer), I ice my wrist daily, and I use a compression brace daily. Nothing has helped. I've had to tape my wrists in order to lift weights. I'm nervous that I'm causing harm in doing this. I started your routine yesterday and I already feel somewhat better. I didn't have any wrist pain after my session at the gym today. I just completed a second day of your routine. I plan on doing this routine every day. Thank you for posting.

I love this. I do play piano, and my fingers were very fluid afterwords.

Feels amazing

so going to try this!

this has been great for me thanks

Oh wow, this feels like magic after a Chopin etude. Thank you so much :)

Just found you randomly and wanted to thank you for this vid. You freed my hands!

Feels good thanks

Those stretches were so good I feel my little fingers over yonder somewhere!

wonderful this is what i need

I'm a drummer and you have a great series of stretched here...thank you for posting!

thanks!

Amazing I'm a painter and my hands are always tense from work this help so much thank you very much for the video

thanks

Kit Laughlin you're awesome ! i did have a wrist pain, with you've video i removed the pain.Thanks for everything you do .Keep up .

I like how you get right to the point.

amazing

I love this stretching !!

HOLY COW!!! My right pinky has been semi numb on the whole side of it. Did these moves, and now I barely have the numbness anymore!!!! After just one time doing it!!! You sir are AWESOME!!!!!!!!

I do similar exercises because I have been rehabiliating my whole left arm, after I hurt it in several parts up to my shoulder. It became so weak many years ago , that it had probably less than 40% strength at best of times, maybe 5% during a severe pain episode. Now after years of many types of exercises , power bands, isometrics,and dumbells/kettleweights, I am doing exercises stretching my fingers very similar to yours , but while I am sitting up on my bed watching videos or during breaks at my computer. However unlike yours I maintain tension at all times while I am stretching the hand ,and will press back forcefully with my fingertips after and before I stretch them, in order to maintain full mind to body awareness,and to make sure I am also strengthening them not just strectching them. That is just as importan as far as Im concerned. I am simply amazed by how far I have come, since years ago,I could barely move my hand ,apart from a few fingers ,and their range of motion /strength wasnt close to how good it is now. I feel not only have I surpassed their functioning pre injuries , but I probably have more connection to my hands ,and strength in my fingers than most people do.

Beautiful

i got wrist tendinitis from using the keyboard too much. i was nine-teen. if only i'd known about this sooner. thankyou so much for this video.

It helped me, but it did hurt a little while working on it. Thank you!

Thank you for an excellent and clear video. I suspect it's going to be very helpful to me.

Good.

Amazing video. Every second is useful. Thank you very much.

these strechings are so great! i hope after a few weeks these help me to build up more hand-speed on the drums...

Trying so hard. My hands are so inflexible and tight. Thank you for this.

Thank you Kit for your awesome videos! As a massage therapist, these hand exercises have helped me immensely.

Just looking at the video makes my wrists hurt! I'll definitely try it and take as much time as it needs, thanks!!!

A pleasure, and thank you.

Following this fixed a nagging issue that's kept me off my hands for weeks. Thank you so much.

From a massage therapist, ty so much

I use this for playing the drums professionally, makes a big difference

Found exercises to be very helpful after recovering from ulner nerv surgery at the wrist.

Thank you ! This is an excellent video! My fingers feel amazingly wiggly wiggle wiggly now :D

i'm using thise stretches for penspinning lol

Should these exercises be painful to do? I've been struggling with wrist pain whenever I load my hands and although these exercises provide some relief they are quite painful!

I use them for tennis, they work like a charm... wonder if you have a specific routine for tennis players

My wrist hurts from boxing, ive had this pain for more then a year now. Ill come back here and let everybody know how it goes after a month of doing this.

Hi Kit Laughlin love these stretches they are great, i was wondering though do you think the same sort of stretches would work for your feet/ankles/toes? I'm thinking more of the stretch and hold of the toes? Have you ever tried this sort of thing? Cheers Phil

How long should I hold the stretches?

Hi Kit..Great Video....how long should it take for me to bend my wrist backwards after doing these exercises? At present with palm down flat on table I can only raise my wrist about 7- 10 angle when you can do 45 angle if you know what I mean?

Does it have to do with finger lengthening as well?

Hi Kit, great video so many thanks for posting. I have a question for you though. I'm a 53 year old male who is learning to play the classical guitar. But I'm finding that my fingers are not very stretchy at all, especially between the 3rd and fourth (little) fingers. In fact my children who have smaller hands than me can stretch further on the guitar fret-board than I can. Are there any exercises you could recommend to improve this or would the exercises in this video be the ones to do? Many Thanks Brian

wow I been doing this for 2 days and I can bend them completely backwards

Very late for this video, but I just wondering for the first exercise where you curl your fingers in, is it problematic if i can't curl the fingers on one of my arms? I try and try and can curl them in, but it takes an abnormally long time to contract the forearm so they curl in! Sorry if my explanation is bad, I'm just very curious! Thanks for the great video btw!

Hi Kit, is this recommended for tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome?

Hi there mate ,i have a doubt this exercises for the wrist or for the feet ,the other video you have as well ,is it necessary to do a warm up first ? Thank you

I injured my wrists 2 years ago by suddenly doing too many pushups plus I was resting on my wrist and not my fingers. 6:00 When streaching like this I feel it so much I would call it painfull, but I only feel it at the base finger joint and from the wrist and a few inches up my inner arm, but not sure if I feel it up to my inner elbow. Of corse the feeling could be hard to spot cause my wrist is blocking it out with an extreme feeling.

Well done. But it would be a wonderful action to advice on "plz do not on hands illnesses, if there is given an barrier of weights/strength or behind surgeries without any special advice". If you d this on Kienbock's disease, be sure, the patient isn t really happy about those excercises and more over it can be a risk of further problems...

I had to quit my programming job due to chronic pain and tension in my arms and hands. How often can i do this exercise? Before or after typing? In your book you mention that stretches should only be done 2 times a week.

Is it "APPLICABLE" exercise too for STROKE PATIENTS?

Hey kit, Any good stretches for dupuytrens?

Greetings Kit Laughlin. Excellent Video. I have a question for anyone who can help me find a video similar to this technique by another user. This user placed his hand on a table and lifted each finger individually in order to work the different blood vessels leading up his entire arm. This user also spoke about our blood become sticky inside the vessels and he stated the exercise aforementioned helped to loosen those vessels. Any help is appreciated. Regards, Larry

Iam also stroke patient ist May 2023 icey bleed in my brain which exercise is better for me plz suggest me iam from Pakistan Karachi

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You Should call this HAND AWAKENING!

Will this make your fingers any slimmer

Does these stretches lengthen my fingers because my fingers are too. Short

Hey Dr Laughlin, As someone who has developed chronic wrist pain on my left keyboard hand, would doing these stretches daily help resolve this issue? I did these exercises twice today and my wrist feels a bit better. Not sure if it's a strengthening or stretching issue. Thanks :)

When I do 0:15 I get this sharp pain in the back of my thumb area, any ideas on how to remedy that?

Is there any exercise for carpal tunnel syndrome i noticed that i got it when i trained planche leans

You are wonderful. I found you through reddit's r/flexibility and wanting to learn how to touch my toes. You're so calming and a great teacher. Hopefully I'll be able to attend a workshop one day

IS THIS GOOD FOR CARPEL TUNNEL?

I came here looking for Piano stretches, and it was great to hear you mention the palm spread stretch was good for piano players. One question about that stretch though - what muscles in the forearms are affected by that stretch? Or is it mostly in the wrist? Because I sometimes feel a lot of tightness in my forearms when I try to spread my fingers out.

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this had me crying

How old are you?