Hand exercises for the general population can be performed anytime, anywhere, and those with rehabilitation needs are normally recommended to perform hand exercises 2 to 3 times a week.
The purpose of hand exercises for ordinary people is mostly to improve the coordination of the upper limbs or to improve the feeling of hand fatigue. There is no fixed frequency requirement, and they can be performed anytime and anywhere. Usually, you can choose to rotate the wrist, open and close the fingers, and localized rubbing and so on.
People with rehabilitation needs need to choose the frequency of hand exercises according to medical advice, in most cases, it is recommended that hand exercises be performed 2 to 3 times a week. Hand exercises need to be performed in a gradual manner for hand function recovery and exercise, and the specific ways of hand exercises are usually chosen according to the purpose of function recovery, for example, function recovery exercises can be chosen to grip a bouncing ball, grasp a dowel of different models and sizes, and use chopsticks to pick up soybeans and so on.
In addition, you can also through the hand blood dredging, acupressure and other methods to enhance hand function.
It is worth reminding that the purpose of hand exercise for special populations is different from that of ordinary people, such as children with cerebral palsy, who should pay more attention to the rehabilitation of the limb nervous system and the restoration of peripheral nerve perception in the limbs, and should try to follow the instructions of their doctors when doing hand exercise.