Radio-Carpal Extension Roll & Glide

Position of the therapist:

• Sitting or standing laterally next to the patient’s arm

Position of the patient:

• Sitting at the long edge of the bench
• Shoulder and elbow in MLPP
• Elbow in pronation
• Wrist hanging freely over edge of the bench

Hand placement:

• Both hands grab the patient’s proximal intercarpal row from dorsal so that the pinkies wrap around the proximal inter carpal row
• Grip supported by thumbs from palmar
• Alternative: see video

Direction:

• Roll into dorsal and decreasingly distal direction
• Glide by a push on the proximal intercarpal row into palmar and decreasingly proximal direction