Pain relief exercises for swelling hands are designed to improve blood flow in an effort to reduce swelling and improve your range of motion. While swollen hands can often be a symptom of arthritis, hand swelling may be caused by a bruise or ligament damage. Consult your doctor before performing pain relief exercises with your hands.
Wrist Flexion
This wrist flexion exercise will improve range of motion in your wrist while increasing blood flow through your wrist and fingers. Sit down in a chair with your back straight and left hand on the top of your right wrist. Push down, moving your right hand down toward the ground. Continue to push until you feel tightness but stop before you feel any pain in your right hand. Hold this stretch for 10 seconds before relaxing. Repeat until fatigued.
Finger To Thumb Touch
This finger exercise will help increase flexibility in your fingers while helping you to reduce swelling in your hands. Hold your right hand several feet in front of your face with the back of your hand facing away from your body. From here, touch your right thumb to your pinky, moving both fingers until they meet in the middle of your palm. Release your fingers, repeating this motion with your index finger as well as the rest of your fingers. Repeat until fatigued.
Finger Bends
This finger bend exercise will help build muscle in your fingers and decrease joint pain by improving range of motion. Hold your right hand up with your fingers pointing toward the sky. Bend your right fingers at the middle and end joints until your fingertips are nearly touching your middle joints. Hold this position for several seconds before extending your fingers back out. Repeat this motion 10 times with both hands or until you are fatigued.
Hand Extensions
Hand extensions will help you improve range of motion with your fingers while improving blood flow in your fingers. Hold your right hand out in a loose fist with your wrist perpendicular to the ground. From here, extend your fingers out, spreading them out as far as you can until you feel a stretch. Hold the stretch for 10 seconds before returning to a fist. Repeat with both hands, performing 10 extensions or until you are fatigued.
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