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If
you are
a musician,
typist,
massage
therapist,
carpenter
or anyone
else
who works
intensely
with
their
hands,
you are
aware
that
your
hands
are your
most
important
tools.
While
it is
essential
to keep
those
tools
in good
condition,
research
has shown
that
many
people
regularly
complain
of weak,
stiff
and aching
hands.
The most
common
methods
for dealing
with
these
ailments
are struggling
through
the pain,
uneducated
attempts
at massaging
the hands,
and hope
that
the condition
will
eventually
pass.
Such
painful
conditions,
however,
usually
do not
pass
but instead
worsen
over
time.
The problems
of
stiff,
sore
and
weak
hands
may
be
easily
and
rapidly
treated
through
a
simple
hand
and
forearm
conditioning
program
called Healthy Hands.
Combining
self-therapy
massage
techniques
with
a
variety
of
strengthening
and
flexibility
exercises,
the Healthy
Hands program
produces
strong,
supple,
pain-free
hands
and
forearms.
The Healthy
Hands program
is
easy
to
learn
and
takes
only
10
minutes
to
self
administer.
In
addition
to
its
healing
and
strengthening
benefits,
the Healthy
Hands program
develops
an
extraordinary
degree
of
awareness
and
sensitivity
in
the
fingers
and
hands.
The Healthy
Hands program
was
developed
by
Martin
Gray
based
on
20
years
of
helping
people
with
chronic
hand
and
forearm
problems.
Martin
is
an
advanced
yoga
teacher,
dancer
and
juggler
with
a
professional
background
in
exercise
physiology,
kinesiology,
neuromuscular
massage
and
Rolfing-style
bodywork.
In
the Healthy
Hands video
Martin
shares
the
insights
and
techniques
he
has
learned
from
healing
and
strengthening
many
hundreds
of
hands.
Background
information
on
the
development
of
the Healthy
Hands program...
For
many years I
was a professional
movement and
massage therapist
specializing
in the treatment
of muscle and
tendon injuries
of the forearms,
hands and fingers.
My interest in
these matters
had started when
I began to experience
pain in my own
wrists and hands.
Seeking an explanation
for the pain,
I consulted with
orthopedic surgeons
and sports medicine
doctors. These
physicians asked
what I did with
my hands. Upon
learning that
I did strenuous
massage for several
hours a day and
also juggled
for another two
hours, the doctors
suggested that
my pain resulted
from overuse
syndrome. They
recommended that
I limit the amount
of strenuous
work I did with
my hands. This
advice was very
difficult for
me to follow,
however, given
the fact that
I derived my
livelihood from
working with
my hands.
I
decided
to try
another
approach
to free
my hands
from
pain.
That
approach
was to
increase
the flexibility
and strength
of my
hands,
and to
begin
a consistent
program
of self-massage
of my
forearms
and hands.
I also
undertook
a detailed
study
of the
anatomy
and kinesiology
of the
lower
arm in
order
to better
understand
the precise
location
and causes
of my
pain.
Within
two months
of beginning
these
practices
my wrists
and hands
were
entirely
free
from
pain.
Next,
in order
to more
fully
gauge
the effectiveness
of my
approach,
I began
to teach
the exercises
and massage
techniques
to other
people
who worked
with
their
hands.
The results
were
extraordinary.
Dentists,
musicians,
surgeons,
sculptors,
massage
therapists
and many
other
people
who made
their
living
with
their
hands
all experienced
rapid
and lasting
benefits
from
doing
the Healthy
Hands program.
Besides
alleviating
pain,
the exercises
also
promote
increased
suppleness
of the
hands
and thereby
a greater
ease
and efficiency
of movement,
whether
it be
for piano
playing
or dental
surgery.
The Healthy
Hands video/Healthy Hands DVD
is
the
result
of
years
of
experience
treating
the
aches
and
stiffness
of
my
own
hands
and
those
of
hundreds
of
my
massage
clients.
Combining
self-therapy
massage
techniques
(such
as
neuromuscular
and
Rolfing
style
massage
)
with
a
variety
of
strengthening
and
flexibility
exercises,
the Healthy
Hands program
produces
strong,
supple,
pain-free
hands
and
forearms.
The Healthy
Hands program
is
easy
to
learn
and
takes
only
10
minutes
to
self
administer.
In
addition
to
its
healing
and
strengthening
benefits,
the Healthy
Hands program
also
develops
an
extraordinary
degree
of
awareness
and
sensitivity
in
the
fingers
and
hands.
The
one-hour Healthy
Hands video
was
photographed
using
multiple
video
cameras
located
at
two
different
angles
relative
to
my
hands.
Because
of
these
camera
angles,
each
exercise
and
therapy
technique
is
clearly
demonstrated
and
simple
to
follow. |
