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  1. Place your good hand on a table, palm up. Put your affected hand on top of your good hand with your fingers wrapped around the thumb of your good hand like you are making a fist.
  2. Slowly uncurl the joints of your affected hand where your fingers connect to your hand so that only the top two joints of your fingers are bent. Your fingers will look like a hook.
  3. Move back to your starting position, with your fingers wrapped around your good thumb.
  4. Repeat 8 to 12 times.
  5. Switch hands and repeat steps 1 through 4, even if only one hand is sore.

Current as of: May 1, 2026

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