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Does this wrist position look familiar to you? If your child holds their hand in this position, their grasp strength is less than it needs to be. Test it for yourself. Hold on tight to a pencil with your hand and wrist held straight. Have someone try to pull it out of your hand. Most folks can hold on pretty tight! Now flex your wrist over the edge of a table and repeat the test. You will have less strength in the flexed position. Children with neurological disability can develop a flexed wrist when the muscles are unbalanced by spasticity, as in cerebral palsy, or when there is weakness, as in a brachial plexus injury. Whichever the cause, a splint or taping to support the wrist in a slightly extended position will give you gains of 30 to 50% more strength with just this simple Quick Fix.
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