Exercises

The best exercises for wrist arthrosis are all active exercises of the fingers and hand. The active exercises are intended to preserve the remaining synovial fluid. To improve the strength in the hand and forearm, the patient can use plasticine or a softball, which he or she kneads properly.

This exercise should be done in the pain-free phase so that the inflammation in the fingers is not increased. It is also important to train the fine motor skills: Mobilization in a kerosene bath also promotes mobility and reduces muscle tone in the hand. This application should also not be used in the acute inflammatory phase, as the heat could increase the inflammation. All mobilization exercises but also the strengthening exercises in the non-acute phase should be performed as often as possible. In these articles you will find further information:

To do this, the patient moves the hand in extension and flexion and rotates the wrist.
For the fingers, he touches the thumb with every other finger and forms a small fist and a large fist.
With the other hand, the patient can also use one finger on the other side, as in physiotherapy, to make a traction on the joint to counteract the acute pain.

Connecting needle with thread, picking up small beads or knitting are ways to practice this skill.

Exercises for finger erysipelas
Mobilization Exercises
Physiotherapy for finger joint arthrosis

Can the profession cause wrist arthrosis?

Wrist arthrosis can be counted as an occupational disease, since work usually places a heavy permanent load on the joint and thus the wear and tear on the joint is particularly high. The risk is particularly high for activities where the hands are used one hundred percent. This includes professions such as office clerk, masseur, physiotherapist, bricklayer, craftsman, warehouse worker and many more.

The wear on the joint is naturally large, if over many years more than 8 hours 5 days a week are worked. In addition to wrist arthrosis, other structures are also heavily stressed. The occupational groups mentioned above usually also show carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis and/or golf elbow, calcified shoulder and arthrosis or changes in the entire spinal column. Whether the respective work is then really accepted as an occupational disease is questionable. Arthrosis can be traced back to the work.