Move your upper limbs and get better

I.Rehabilitation training of upper limb muscle strength
Patients gradually recover their upper limb function during clinical treatment. In addition to training in a hospital bed, functional trainers should be used to restore muscle strength. No matter what kind of trainer, the recovery of upper limb muscle strength is nothing more than elbow flexion and extension, shoulder joint lift, abduction, adduction and dorsiflexion function of weight training. The principle is to keep the load light and the training speed slow. Because excessive weight bearing, too fast training frequency will lead to muscle hardening, thus losing muscle flexibility.

1. Weight training of the upper limbs

Shoulder joint range of motion and muscle strength enhancement training: This training should be performed with a shoulder joint rotation trainer. If the patient is unable to hold the handle of the shoulder joint rotator, the following method can be used.

Ask the patient to do abduction, adduction, external rotation and internal rotation of the shoulder joint, and give resistance in the direction of the activity, while applying pressure on the patient’s shoulder joint from top to bottom.

2. Tension training of the upper limb
In order to prevent atrophy of the deltoid muscle, upper limb tension training should be implemented early. The weight should be set according to the patient’s condition. At first, it can start from 1~2 kg, and gradually increase the load for training as the strength of the limb recovers. If the patient’s paralyzed hand cannot hold the wire tension handle tightly, the hand can be fixed on the handle with a fixation belt and practiced together with the help of the healthy hand.

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II. Rehabilitation training of finger movements
With the gradual recovery of finger function, rehabilitation training should also be from simple to complex. To carry out rehabilitation training of finger movements, to promote the early recovery of finger functions as soon as possible.

1. Finger pick-up training
Start picking up larger beans with your fingers, and then pick up soybeans and mung beans after you become proficient in the action. You can also use matchsticks to place patterns, and pick up beans alternately.
2.Pick up objects by chopsticks

Initially, use chopsticks to pick up paper or cotton balls, and then pick up vegetable blocks, noodles, etc. when you become proficient, and finally pick up beans. After practicing with chopsticks, you can also hold a rice spoon to practice serving things, alternating between training sessions.

3. Writing training

You can hold a pencil, a ball point pen, and finally a brush for training. When you start to write, start with the simplest words (such as “I”), and then proceed to the training of complex words after the movement of holding the pen is stable.