What muscle helps you extend your hand?

Extensor digitorum: This forearm muscle is responsible for extending all of the fingers of the hand except the thumb.

How can I improve my hand extension?

Wrist extension and flexion Place your forearm on a table on a rolled-up towel for padding with your hand hanging off the edge of the table, palm down. Move the hand upward until you feel a gentle stretch. Return to the starting position. Repeat the same motions with the elbow bent at your side, palm facing up.

Which muscle is responsible for flexing the hand at the wrist?

Flexor Carpi Radialis: A long muscle originating near the elbow and passing through into the wrist. Attachments: Originates from the humerus and attaches to the base of the digits. Actions: Flexion and abduction at the wrist.

Which muscles are responsible for extension of the wrist?

Extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis are inserted on the bases of the second and third metacarpals, extensor ulnaris on the base of the fifth metacarpal. When the wrist extensors act together, they extend the wrist.

How do you loosen tight tendons in your hand?

Simple hand and wrist stretches

1. While standing, place your palms together in a praying position.
2. With your palms pressed together, slowly spread your elbows apart.
3. Hold the stretch for 10 to 30 seconds, then repeat.
4. Extend one arm in front of you at shoulder height.
5. Keep your palm down, facing the floor.

Why can I not straighten my fingers?

If your finger won’t straighten out, you may have an injury known as a mallet finger or a mallet fracture. This type of injury often occurs when your finger gets jammed. This may impact the finger tendon, a flexible band of tissue that connects muscle to bone.

What muscles flex fingers?

flexor digitorum profundus
The flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) is an extrinsic hand muscle that flexes the metacarpophalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers.

What is wrist flexion and extension?

When your wrist flexion is normal, that means that the muscles, bones, and tendons that make up your wrist are working as they should. Flexion is the opposite of extension, which is moving your hand backward, so that your palm is facing up. Extension is also part of normal wrist range of motion.

What nerve is responsible for wrist extension?

The radial nerve
The radial nerve is responsible for innervating the extensor muscles of the wrist and digits. Consequently, injury to the radial nerve results in the inability to properly utilize these extensor muscles.

How can I regain my wrist flexion?

Intrinsic flexion

1. Rest the hand with the affected wrist on a table and bend the large joints where your fingers connect to your hand. Keep your thumb and the other joints in your fingers straight.
2. Slowly straighten your fingers.
3. Move back to your starting position, with your hand bent.
4. Repeat 8 to 12 times.