Upper Extremity Nerve Flossing

Rehabilitation exercises for three of the main nerves of the upper extremity. The following video describes Flossing of the Median, Radial and Ulnar Nerves.
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[@Lalamac25]

Great explanation and point on the slacking of one end and stretching of another. Glad you showed all 3 points as that’s exactly what was recommended by my chiropractor.

[@joannahaywood5578]

Thank you!

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

Good vid, thanks.

[@melodygarcia7242]

thank you

[@chansohhar714]

Nice coordination neck/hand

[@user-ek6ol2ql3s]

godsend after c5/6 ADR surgery. Especially the radial nerve floss

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Hi 12 days ago i slammed the soft area between the elbow and funny bone into the corner of a wood frame - after excruciating pain for the first 10min and feeling like I was on the verge of vomiting , the numbness and electricity died down in my arm and it felt somewhat back to normal - I’ve been keeping a log since then of activities that seem to cause pain/discomfort and for the most part I’m able to do everything normally even work out with weights - but I noticed with prolonged guitar playing (having my arm bent for long periods of time) seems to activate a pain in the area of my injury - on the 11th day after my injury I tried to do gentle nerve flossing exercises for the ulnar nerve and noticed that when I went to the “salute position” there was a tightness and I couldn’t reach to my forehead - that very night my elbow area was tender and just laying down brought pain in the area - (it seemed to get worse after the nerve flossing exercises) I was wondering who I should see for this issue - any medical advice would be greatly appreciated thank you

[@drdanielbirch]

Hard to say without proper physical assessment but sound like you have possibly compression the ulnar nerve. I would suggest holding off on the flossing movements right now and seeing a health care professional, either a chiropractor or physiotherapist, would make a lot of sense. In the mean time try combination cold/heat in 10 minute increments. Again disclosure I recommend you see a health care professional before continuing with this flossing exercise

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Dr. Daniel Birch thank you so much I made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon for elbow .... do you think that’s a good choice ?

[@drdanielbirch]

@@KunchangLeeMusic Sure thing they will definitely be able to assess it appropriately.

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

Dr. Daniel Birch thank you so much for taking the time to help me out - I have an appointment tomorrow with an X-ray I’ll let ya know what he says

[@aidankhan6194]

@@KunchangLeeMusic what did he say?

[@tovafredman5849]

How many repetitions and how many times per day do you recommend this. Thank you!!

[@drdanielbirch]

I typically recommend 8 to 10 reps without pain a couple times a day. However, every patient is specific and prescription of reps and sets varies. Disclaimer this is educational not medical advise. If pain persists please seek out conservative care.

[@squater69]

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[@ndrupereira]

i do all of these at the bus stop while waiting for the bus, now everyone is running away

[@artedemaca]

hahaha

[@laurenlunchbox]

Lmao keep doing it

[@user-wi2kp6xo5l]

Thanks for sharing
.. Just i think that you did last one wrong due to confusion :)?

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

Why are you asking us?

[@artnunez1939]

He goes way to fast

[@drdanielbirch]

Art Nunez Thank you for your comment. You are correct these should be done slow and under control. I went through them with the speed I did to keep the video short.

[@thepianocornertpc]

@@drdanielbirch One can simply reduce playbackspeed.