How to improve the flexibility of your joints It is never good to stretch into pain. Stretch your muscles and joints within a comfortable range and gradually ease into deeper stretches. Depending on your age, you should stretch more frequently. The older you get, the longer andmore frequent your stretching routine should be. This is because our tissues become less inelastic as we age.
Start with gentle stretches for the whole arm. Then focus on your specific elbow, wrist or hand area.
Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates can be great ways to stretch. However, make sure you start at a basic level, listen to the instructors and stay within your limits. Weight-bearing on the arm can be helpful, but avoid painful pressure. Dynamic stretching is a very beneficial way to improve your flexibility and coordination of the joints. The goal is to stretch while going through a series of movements. This re-educates the body on the propermovement patterns to restore proper flexibility. Stay flexibilewith therapy One of the core principles of occupational therapy is restoring correct movement. Our therapists improve the mobility of your joints with advanced, but gentle hands on manual techniques. These gentle techniques specifically improve the flexibility and multiple ways your elbow, wrist, and hand joints spin, rotate and glide. This takesmany years of training and skill tobe able to correctly evaluate and treat. Occupational therapist andCertifiedHand Therapists also focus on teaching you how to prevent your problem fromreturning through specific exercises, designed to retain your flexibility.
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