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Ulnar nerve exercises

Information for patients

Physiotherapy

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Gentler movements

Face massage

hand placed on forehead

Place your hand onto your forehead and hold.

Don’t listen

Palm of hand placed over the ear

Place the palm of your hand over our ear. Your fingers should rest round the back of your head.

Smoking

Hand against the face pretending to smoke a cigarette upside down

Turn your head towards your affected arm and pretend to be smoking a cigarette upside down.

Yahoo

Hand held above the head, palm toward the ceiling

Circle your hand above your head as if circling a lasso.

Stronger movements

Crawl to the pits

  • Both hands placed on the hips
    Both hands placed on the hips
  • Both hand on the hips at waist height
    Both hands walk up
    towards your arm pits
  • Both hands on the waist, body bending to the left
    Gently side flex each way

Steadily walk your hands up to your arm pits. Once you have reached as far as you can, gently side flex each way.

Plate exercise

  • Plate flat on palm of hand arm is bent with the arm facing the ceiling
    Plate flat on palm, arm to the side
  • Plate flat on palm, arm moving towards the front
    Plate flat on palm, arm moves towards the front
  • Plate flat on palm, arm moving behind you
    Plate flat on palm, arm moves behind you
  • Plate flat on palm, arm moving above you
    Plate flat on palm, arm moves above you

Imagine a glass of water on the plate you are holding and take it through the motion shown in the pictures without spilling the water.

Dry the back

hands holding a towel drying the back

Use a towel and pretend to dry your back. The affected side should be the top arm in the diagram.

Sunglasses

Both hands against the eyes, making a circle with the thumb and index finger

Make a circle with your thumb and index finger. Rotate your hands backwards and look through the circles made.

Patient experience

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This service is based at The James Cook University Hospital but also covers the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, our community hospitals and community health services.

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