Stretches For Hand Spasticity - Best Stroke Recovery Hand Exercises

Stroke recovery hand exercises to improve your hand spasticity! These hand exercises by Dr Scott Thompson OTD are specifically designed to stretch and strengthen your affected hand after a stroke. See time stamps below.

0:00 - Introduction to stretching
1:21 - Opening your tight hand
7:12 - Thumb Stretch
10:18 - Side to Side Wrist Stretch
11:35 - Finger and Wrist Combo Stretch
13:55 - Rotating and stretching your forearm
16:58 - What to do after stretching
17:29 - Conclusion

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[conniedollens]

Good job explaining and demonstrating these exercises which are very useful. I’ve been an OT for forty years and I appreciate the simplicity you bring to this instructional video for people to learn to do it themselves.

[michaelmurray]

Brilliant video. Its the best hand stretching video i have ever seen.

[dezmar]

Excellent presentation. This is the best hand exercise program I have seen.

[sophiaangelini]

I will remember the Saebo Stretch and order. Your video is very calming and informative. You have an excellent manner of teaching.

[barchuegreaves]

Thank you very much Dr. Scott. These excers are very helpful. I love to try them and hope to gain range of motion.

[janaeshepherd]

These are great! I have been doing these 2-3 times a day for about a week now, and they have been so helpful! Keep posting new videos, please.

[lucybausa]

Im a stroke patient .thank for sharing with us .

[sophiaangelini]

Dr. Thompson, my thumb is totally tucked under the fingers. Your stretch exercices are precisely what I was looking for. Thank you so much

[warrengruenhagen]

Great video, Just what I needed. Do you have similar videos for leg exercises?

[majorpoint]

Thanks. I learned a lot of new info. Would appreciate if you make a list (Visual Aids) at the end as a recap of sort for other People with disablities. 👍

[altonmitsuyuki]

Thank you so much Dr. Scott, that was excellent! I think I've been over stretching a little, thinking more is better, so your advice was very helpful. Please keep up the good work for us hemiplegics all over the world :-)

[willemh]

love these exercises do them often to prevent a fist spacity stretching and flexing but i do not have any control to movemywrist (CVA) like you did i have hemiplegia

[symbolizercom]

Thanks. some good stuff. Too bad Saebo seems impossible to get in New Zealand. It could be nice to have little sessions you could just do and group into a personal playlist for 5-10-15 min sessions

[ronksmith]

Great video .. do you have any advice of how to deal with a sub lux shoulder joint ?

[dancenbug]

I've found patients with a lot of tone in their hand having a hard time keeping the fingers extended during weight bearing activities but with the SaeboStretch on it's worked great! We just unstrap the forearm & wrist straps, keeping only the hand/finger straps in place, then resting the hand at the edge of a table so the thumb can rest off comfortably. Thanks for the stretching video! Great education!

[vanessahayes]

How can I isolate exercise or starch for the thumb

[sunsmile]

Doctors told me ulnar nerve neuroprexia across elbow on left side Please tell me about excerise give me link to see excercises ....

[vanessahayes]

I'm having a hard time with my thumb ...any suggestions

[kennyadams]

Is there a brace that will help straighten my fingers out??

[Windmills]

Its been over ten years and i have a bit of movement in my affected hand can i still improve function if i keep doing exercises ?