The carpal tunnel glide is a mobility exercise that moves the tendons and median nerve within the wrist through a series of gentle hand and finger positions. It helps reduce stiffness, relieve tingling or numbness, and improve function in people affected by carpal tunnel symptoms. This glide is often included in rehabilitation to support comfortable wrist and hand use.
- Come into a standing or seated position.
- Bring the fingers together and stack them directly inline with the wrist.
- Maintaining straight fingers, flex the hands at the knuckles.
- Curl the fingers then towards the wrist.
- Extend the fingers slowly at the level of the knuckles and then the mid-finger joint to return to the start position.
- Your Physiotherapist may refer to this as 7-9-1 position to mimic the three stages of the movement.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapists guidelines.