I had a mid 60’s woman come into my office who had not been able to clench her fists for several years. When she tried, her fingers would not reach her palm. The fingers were maybe 1 inch away.
She had tried many therapies with many doctors, but nothing worked. Her fingers were slowly getting stiffer and stiffer.
I knew that scar tissue gets inside the joints so I decided to work on the scars to free them up. We talked about her other health challenges, and what she liked to do for hobbies as I worked. I had a strong feeling I could make a big change in her fingers, and I wanted to keep her mind off what I was doing, to see the look on her face when I was done….
Two minutes later I had her touching her fingers to her palm.
She just looked at me dumbfounded.
Not only could she touch her fingers to her palm, but the whole procedure didn’t hurt. There was no excessive force needed to push the fingers to the palm. She wasn’t even paying attention to what I was doing.
Clenching her fists was something she had not done in years and she had lost hope in being able to do it again. A friend convinced her to come in and get my opinion, which she grudgingly agreed to.
Now to tackle her other health challenges….