FROM THE ARCHIVES: PUTTY FINGER ACTIVITIES! Use putty to build fine motor skills… finger and thumb strength, individual finger movements, palmar arches, separation of the two sides of the hand and wrist extension! You can change the density of the putty for a harder workout for the fingers. This demonstration uses quite a soft putty. You can also use playdough! #handstrength #handstrengthening #putty #puttyexercise #sensoryinput #sensory #proprioception #dexterity #manualdexterity #play #finemot

👋 Hand Therapy Exercises ✅ Weight bearing exercises: ⭐️ Use a large amount of Resistive Exercise Putty with a weighted ball, and push into it slowly. You can lessen intensity by using a softer putty with less resistance. ⭐️ You can also use a dumbbell. Make it more challenging by twisting the dumbbell into the putty. ✅ Finger extension: ⭐️ Using putty, have the patient roll it out and make a ring around their fingers and tell them to spread out their fingers. Challenge them by increasing the re