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Old 04-05-2011, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by nett2
What do you do for arthritis pain in the hands? I don't want to take prescription pills for it if I don't have to. It's just recently started and I haven't talked to my doctor about it yet.
I put my hands together finger tip to finger tip and do "finger push ups!". When I'm at Mass, I always do this before the sign of peace so my hands don't make me wince.

It's not a permenant solution but it sure loosens up my fingers for a few minutes.

OH!

Also, sometimes I will pull each finger back as far as I can and hold it for a minute or so----------and grit my teeth when I get to the middle finger and ring finger on my right hand.

finger push ups = imagine a spider doing push ups on a mirror.
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