These exercises are an important part of recovering from your DeQuervain’s! ✨First, don’t forget to SAVE this for later/SHARE this with another/FOLLOW us for more tips! ✨ They are called ACTIVE RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES! When we hurt, we don’t want to move that body part because we fear it will hurt more. And true, we need to rest the injury, but if we completely not move the injured body part then we can end up with more stiffness AND THAT CAN LEAD TO MORE PAIN! Not to mention additional problems that make it even harder to decrease our pain and heal down the road! So make sure you are incorporating these exercises, but do them gently and to your tolerance! 1. Thumb slides: With the injured hand, bring your thumb to your pinky finger and slide down the pinky finger to where you can. 2. Wrist circles: Make big wrist circles (to your tolerance) in one direction 10 times. Now go in the other direction 10 times. Do 3 times per day. 3. Forearm supination and pronation: Start by having your arm by your side and bending your elbow to 90 degrees. Then rotate your palm up (while keeping your elbow by your side). Then rotate your palm down. Let me know how it goes! I’d love to know! P.S. If you’d like to know the entire therapeutic program to decrease your pain that our expert has used with her patients for the last 20 years comment “guide” below. We will send you the link! Hi my name is Rose and I am an Orthopedic occupational therapist and certified hand therapist for the last 20 years. I specialize in treating injuries of the hands to the shoulders. My goal is to provide effective solutions for those ready to get their life back!! dequervainstenosynovitis dequervains wristpain wristpainrelief wristpainexercises