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THE FINGERS 5.

Your difficulty is:

Tight Muscles:

Eąuipment: Starting Position:

Stretching:

Stimulation:

Common Errors:

Normal Mobility:

Bringing curled little finger up and closer to your third finger while your wrist is bent backward.

Muscles that move little finger outward:

1    abductor digiti minimi

2    interosseus palmaris IV

3    lumbricalis IV.

Table, chair or the like.

Stand facing table, with right arm tumed outward to limit, wrist bent backward to limit, and palm on table, fingers over edge, little finger bent at middle and outer joints. Grip bent little finger between left thumb (just below knuckle) and forefinger (on little fingemail).

1.    Using left hand, puli little finger up and over third finger, so that stretch is felt in muscles in hand at base of little finger.

2.    Tense these muscles as if to clench little finger to palm; resist with left hand for 5 seconds.

3.    Relax and puli little finger further up and over third finger to limit — maybe a little bit morę.

4.    Repeat until you feel you can stretch no further and muscles feel tight. Hołd this finał stretch from 15 seconds to a minutę or morę.

1.    Retain grip.

2.    Move bent little finger up and back over third finger, bending backward in knuckle.

3.    Resist that movement with left hand.

4.    Hołd position a few seconds.

*    Arm not tumed outward.

*    Wrist not bent backward.

*    Little finger not bent.

In this position, your little finger should be able to move slightly over third finger.

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