Rehabilitation exercises for upper limb and hand function

1, grip ball exercise

Grip a softball-sized elastic ball, slowly and forcefully hold tightly for 10 seconds, relax for 2 seconds as a time. This exercise is mainly to strengthen the grip, exercise hand flexor muscle strength, daily life can be practiced to take apples, steamed bread and so on.

2, grip stick exercise

Grip the banana thickness of the hard or elastic stick, slow and hard to hold tightly for 10 seconds, relax for 2 seconds for 1 time. This exercise is mainly to strengthen the grip and palm function, daily life can be practiced to hold a broom, mop, doorknob and so on.

3, side pinch grip exercise

The table put a piece of cardboard, from the side of the pinch and then put it down for 1 time. In daily life, you can practice pinching business cards, keys, and twisting locks. Enhance the intrinsic muscle strength of the hand.

4, fingertip pinch grip exercise

Put a small object on the table, such as toothpicks, needles or beans, etc., from the desktop pinch up and then put down for 1 time. This exercise is mainly to strengthen the hand fine function exercises.

5, fingers pinch grip exercises

Can be held in the correct posture of the pen, that is, with the thumb and the distal finger of the show finger to hold the pen, to practice writing. As well as holding chopsticks in the correct position, practicing the use of chopsticks. This exercise focuses on strengthening hand dexterity and coordination.

Expanded Information:

Clinical classification of cerebral infarction sites

(1) Cavernous infarction Cerebral infarction has an infarct area of less than 1.5 centimeters, which manifests itself in the following ways: subacute onset, dizziness, lightheadedness, unstable gait, and weakness of limbs, and a few have choking on drinking water and difficulty in swallowing; it may also have hemiparesis, hemiplegia, hemisensory hyperalgesia and, in some patients, no localization signs.

(2) Medium-sized infarcts The basal nuclei of the lateral ventricles of the paramedian thalamus, bilateral frontal lobe and temporal lobe areas are common. The manifestations are: sudden headache, dizziness, frequent nausea, vomiting, consciousness, hemiparesis or hemiplegia, hemianopsia, central facial paralysis and tongue paralysis, pseudo medullary palsy, aphasia, etc.

(3) Massive infarction Patients with acute onset and critical performance can have hemianopsia and hemiparesis, hemiplegia, hemiparesis or even quadriplegia, cerebral hernia, coma, etc.

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