Hold a softball-sized bouncy ball, hold it slowly and forcefully 10 second, and relax for 2 seconds 1 time. This exercise is mainly to strengthen grip strength and exercise the muscle strength of hand flexors. You can practice taking apples and steamed bread in your daily life.

Step 2 practice with a stick

Take a hard or elastic stick the size of a banana, slowly and forcefully hold 10 second, and relax for 2 seconds, and do 1 time. This exercise mainly strengthens the grip strength and palm-to-palm function, and you can practice holding brooms, mops, door handles and so on in your daily life.

3. Side pinch exercises

Put a piece of cardboard on the table, pick it up from the side and put it down. Do it 1 time. You can practice pinching business cards, keys and turning locks in your daily life. Enhance the internal muscle strength of the hand.

4. Fingertip kneading

Put a small object on the table, such as a toothpick, needle or beans, pick it up from the table and put it down 1 time. This exercise is mainly to strengthen the fine function of the hand.

Step 5 pinch your fingers and practice

You can practice writing by holding the pen correctly, that is, holding the pen with your thumb and the distal tip of your finger. And hold chopsticks in the right posture and practice using chopsticks. This exercise is mainly to strengthen the flexibility and coordination of the hand.

Extended data:

Clinical classification of cerebral infarction sites

(1) The infarct area of lacunar cerebral infarction is less than 1.5 cm, which is characterized by subacute onset, dizziness, unsteady gait, weakness of limbs, a few people choking with water and difficulty swallowing; Hemiplegia and mild hemiplegia may also occur, and some patients have no signs of localization.

(2) Infarction in the middle region is more common in thalamus, bilateral frontal lobes and temporal lobes beside lateral ventricles in basal ganglia. The manifestations are: sudden headache, dizziness, frequent nausea, vomiting, unconsciousness, hemiplegia or hemiparalysis, hemianopia, central facial paralysis and tongue paralysis, pseudobulbar paralysis, aphasia, etc.

(3) Patients with large-area infarction have sudden onset and severe performance, and may have hemiplegia, hemiparalysis or even quadriplegia, cerebral hernia and coma.

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