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General Guidelines for Stretching Exercises (range of motion) •Heat and massage can be done before exercises to warm up tissues
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Taking Care of Your Hands and Face: Stretches and Assistive Devices for Scleroderma - Dr. Janet Poole
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- 1 Intro
- 2 Objectives
- 3 General Guidelines for Stretching Exercises (range of motion) •Heat and massage can be done before exercises to warm up tissues
- 4 Modalities to Help Manage Pain and Increase Joint Motion
- 5 Heat/Hot Packs
- 6 Paraffin Wax
- 7 Range of Motion Exercises for Flexion
- 8 Range of Motion Exercises for PIP Joints
- 9 Ideas for More Severe Finger Contractures
- 10 Exercises to help spread fingers (stretch web spaces between fingers)
- 11 Exercises for the Thumb
- 12 Exercises for the Wrists
- 13 Thumb abduction
- 14 Exercises for other upper extremity joints
- 15 Face and Temporomandibular Joint Exercises
- 16 Massage or Heat
- 17 Mouth and Face Exercises
- 18 Mouth Stretching Exercises (Naylor et al., 1984)
- 19 Mouth Opening Exercisers and Splints
- 20 How to monitor mouth opening (why is this important?)
- 21 Assistive/Adapted Devices
- 22 Dressing devices
- 23 Key holders
- 24 Jar and Can Openers
- 25 ORAL HYGIENE
- 26 Dexterity Exercises
- 27 PROTECTION: Management of Raynaud's Phenomenon
- 28 More Ideas for Raynaud's
- 29 Possible "Warm" Car Solutions
- 30 Protection of Ulcers During ADLs
- 31 Other Ideas to Protect Finger Ulcers
- 32 Protection of the Hand/Ulcers during keyboarding
- 33 Avoid Static Positioning Causing Potential Compression
- 34 Conclusions
