Tips to Manage Hand Tremors

Hand tremors occur in a variety of conditions, and undermine writing, feeding, holding items (including adaptive equipment, such as a walker or cane), and grooming. Check out these tips for managing tremors with NeuroVlog Guest-Vlogger, Elizabeth Foss!

0:00 Introduction
1:08 Forearm Cooling
1:52 Stress Management utilizing “The Five Step Stress Reduction Hand Tremor Control Approach”
6:48 Proximal Stabilization Techniques
8:11 Finger Flicking
9:21 Utilization of weights
10:32 Dual Task Modifications
10:51 Adapted Equipment Usage
11:18 Exercise-Induced Tremor Reduction Strategies.

**Tremor Talk- “A Cool Approach to Tremor Reduction” - the use of forearm cooling:

**The five-step Stress Reduction Hand Tremor Control (SRHTC) approach- “A novel noninvasive approach to reducing action hand tremor”:

**The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

** Essential Tremor (ET) Exercise for relaxation & improve life’s quality:

**Essential Tremor (ET) Meditation & stress: help for people with ET:

**"The effect of eating utensil weight on functional arm movement in people with Parkinson's disease: a controlled clinical trial"

**"A randomized controlled trial of the effects of weights on amplitude and frequency of postural hand tremor in people with Parkinson's disease"

**"A weighted wrist cuff:"

**"Weighted wrist cuffs for tremor reduction during eating in adults with static brain lesions:"

**"Prevalence of Upper Extremity Freezing in Parkinson Disease Patients:"

**"ASSISTIVE DEVICES, THERAPIES & TECHNIQUES

**"A Complete Guide to Assistive Technologies for Hand Tremors"

**Top 5 Hand Exercises for Parkinson's Disease

**7 Hand Exercises to Help People With Parkinson’s Disease

**Boxing for Parkinson’s Disease

**Cycling to reduce tremor

**“How a Bicycle Ride Led to Groundbreaking Parkinson’s Research”

**"Resistance training improves dexterity and steadiness for essential tremor."

**"3 Strength Exercises For Individuals With Essential Tremor"

[nancydashiell]

She is the flight attendant of hand tremors. Joking aside she has great new tips. Thank you for caring and sharing your knowledge it is so much needed.

[danimari]

As a dentist with severe panic attacks I just wanted to say thank you so much for putting this video out

[princessmissy]

I tried cooling my forearm of the hand with the most essential tremor. I cried when I took off the cold pack and the tremor was almost completely gone! Thank you so much for helping us with these tips!

[lindaspiel]

Talk about serendipity, you don't know me, but I'm your dad's cousin, Linda. I have ET, and I really don't know how I came across your video. I was doing some research on Steadiwear to see if it is even an option for me, when I recognized your face. It took me a minute to place it, but couldn't help but see your mom in you. Anyhow, I am very impressed with your video and will be trying out your suggestions. Keep going girl! We need more people like you helping us "shakers"!

[shawnamax]

I love hearing and learning from you. I don't watch your videos though because your arms and hands move around all of the time and I cannot concentrate

[ncwayneeric]

Worked in surgery for 19 years. I'm now a volunteer on a street medicine team that delivers quality primary health care to those in homelessness. In my scrub and 1st assistant duties I never had to do things like blood draws. Now with my volunteer work I wanted to be able to draw blood on our homeless patients so I went to take a 12 week course in phlebotomy. I passed but it was so embarrassing with my essential tremors which began about 1 1/2 ago. My tremors are worse in the morning and in my right hand. So I just tried to use my left hand to draw blood (I write with my right hand but do everything else with my left hand) and since my left hand tremors are very minimal it worked. But hated anyone seeing my right hand shake when writing. Any advice for me? I am going to use your techniques. My hands have been so important to me in my work.

[tamarasauls]

Thank you so much for providing resource information in the description box!

[chuckmaddison]

The visual input most interesting .
I work in electrical and more electronics in my days off.. I have a small tremor but if I try and solder small components the tremor gets violent. The last time I did something I rested my hand on a rubber block.

[wardellwaters]

thanks so much for breaking everything down. I am greatful.

[kathrynfayemontjoyharvey]

What advice would you give to someone with neck tremors. I have had this for several months now

[CaffeineJittters]

I've never heard of using a wrist brace but it makes sense when i hold my wrist it goes away. Can you recommend any braces to try. This looks very promising.

[Oracle]

I have ET and working my hands out in any way increase the tremor sometimes to the point of not being able to function at all. Thry start flopping uncontrollably

[soniczforever]

How heavy can I go with wrist weights if very underweight im five and a half stone due to nerves and have osteopenia. I lift 2.5 kg no trouble.

[davegoodo]

I have a tremor in my right hand (my dominant hand) which makes it hard (impossible) to write. I've been teaching myself to write left-handed for the last 12 months. I'm making progress. I'm still wondering what type of tremor it is, do you have info on self-diagnosis? Maybe a video? Thanks for your video!

[borisdont]

Thank you for the resources and your positivity!

[freewithnature]

The “doctors” here think it’s all my anxiety, they took away the only medication that helped and now I’m a shaky mess and I avoid most things because I shake like a damn leaf and have no energy to interact with people. It’s all normal apparently. I figured out the finger flick thing by myself, it’s a temporary small improvement.

[kalliepmill]

too much hand/arm movement for me as well. i appreciate all the time and work you put into this. Sad there is to much movement for me to watch.

[gg]

@Neurovlog Mam does exercise and fatigue aggravate essential tremors ?

[lpulotu]

I didn't realise there was a dog on the couch till the video was halfway through lmao😃 thanks for the informative presentation

[johnyclaude]

I couldn't find your pdf, can you send me pls