Give Yourself a Hand
Relief for your Hands & Wrists
Simple practices to reduce pain and keep your hands strong and articulate.
Hand and wrist pain affects everything about your daily activities and can make doing the simplest task feel impossible. It’s also common to have elbow, shoulder and/or neck pain related to issues in the hands, which compounds feelings of limitation and discomfort.
Thankfully, taking care of the hands can have a domino effect all the way up to the neck, bringing relief and increased mobility.
Hand and wrist issues can come from many directions:
computer work
texter’s thumb
any repetitive movement injury
arthritis
other inflammatory condition that affects the joints
surgery or injury
It’s one of those parts of the body that is easy to take for granted and you don’t think much about it until you can’t open a jar or you start having pain.
Hand health affects your:
yoga and exercise routine
ability to do practical things link open jars, and things you love like gardening
ability to work, type, drive
alignment and pain in misalignment of shoulders and/or neck
sleep and self care (like washing your hair or showering)
self-expression through your hands
state of mind and feeling of independence
Part of the problem is that our hands are really weak. Holding phones and typing do not create the kind of strength we had when we carried buckets of water, used a hatchet all day, or climbed trees to pick fruit.
Once pain starts, a common response is to do less. And while resting an acute injury can be wise, inactivity is not a long-term plan for balanced health.
“Hand pain diminished my quality of life and saddened me. It progressed until I couldn’t even unlock and open my front door.
Then Michelle came along with a crafty hand practice and I instantly felt relief! Now I do my daily hand care I learned from Michelle while I’m waiting for my tea to brew.
After a few months of continued practice, I am back to most of my normal activities almost pain-free.”
In this workshop, you’ll learn:
simple therapeutic movements to gradually strengthen your hands/wrists and grip strength
how to use nerve flossing and fascial gliding to release tension
how to increase the range of motion in your wrists (which can greatly reduce pain)
why movement is important for arthritis and what kind of movement is best
how the hands and neck are related and ways to reduce pain in both
If you have hand or wrist issues, want to strengthen your hands, or want to use your hands with more ease, this is for you.
February 3, 9 - 10:30 am PT; $40
Virtual, join from anywhere
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