Scapho-Trapezio-Trapezoid Flexion Roll & Glide

Position of the therapist:

• Standing distal and lateral of the wrist to be examined/treated

Position of the patient:

• Sitting next to the long edge of the bench
• Pronated arm rests on the bench
• Wrist hangs freely over edge of the bench

Hand placement:

• Therapist’s contralateral hand fixates the scaphoid between index finger on the palmar side and thumb on the dorsal side
• Thenar eminence of other hand dorsally on trapezii
• Alternative: see video

Direction:

• Roll into palmar and increasingly proximal direction
• Glide by a push on the trapezii into palmar and increasingly proximal direction