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    This document provides instructions for performing range of motion exercises on a patient's upper and lower extremities. The exercises are done to preserve flexibility and mobility of the joints and reduce stiffness. For the upper extremities, exercises include flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, supination, pronation, flexion, and extension of the shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, thumb and toes. For the lower extremities, exercises include flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, plantar flexion, dorsal flexion, inversion and eversion of the hips, knees, ankles and toes.

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    This document provides instructions for performing range of motion exercises on a patient's upper and lower extremities. The exercises are done to preserve flexibility and mobility of the joints and reduce stiffness. For the upper extremities, exercises include flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, supination, pronation, flexion, and extension of the shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, thumb and toes. For the lower extremities, exercises include flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, plantar flexion, dorsal flexion, inversion and eversion of the hips, knees, ankles and toes.

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    Rom Exercise

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    This document provides instructions for performing range of motion exercises on a patient's upper and lower extremities. The exercises are done to preserve flexibility and mobility of the joints and reduce stiffness. For the upper extremities, exercises include flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, supination, pronation, flexion, and extension of the shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, thumb and toes. For the lower extremities, exercises include flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, plantar flexion, dorsal flexion, inversion and eversion of the hips, knees, ankles and toes.

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    ROM EXERCISE FINGERS

    Today we are going to perform a series of range of 15. Now work with each finger individually
    motion exercises or ROM exercises, starting from our performing abductions and adductions
    patient’s upper extremities down to her lower 16. Then flexion and extensions of the finger
    extremities
    LOWER EXTRIMITIES
    These exercises are performed to preserve the
    Make sure to only expose the leg that will be
    flexibility and mobility of the joints.
    performing the ROM exercises.
    It can reduce stiffness and prevent or slow down the
    HIPS
    freezing of joints as certain diseases progress.
    17. The first thing we have to do is Flexion and
    1. First, introduce yourself to the patient and
    extension
    explain the procedure
    18. Then perform abduction, then adduction
    2. Perform hand hygiene
    19. Then perform outward rotations and inward
    3. Raise the height of the bed to a good working
    rotations
    level, and put the head of the bed flat.
    KNEE
    UPPER EXTRIMITIES
    20. Flexion and extension of the knee
    If the patient is able to stand let the patient perform
    the following: ANKLE
     Flexion and extension of the lumbar spine 21. Plantar flexion, dorsal flexion
    through the neck 22. Inversion, eversion
     Circulation of shoulders
    TOES
    However, for this situation let’s assume that the
    1. Now work with each toe individually
    patient is unable to do so.
    performing abductions and adductions
    SHOULDERS 2. Then flexion and extension of the toes
    4. Start with flexion and extension of the upper
    arms.
    5. Role on to the side and perform hyper
    extension of shoulders
    6. Then abduction, then adduction of the
    shoulders.
    7. Next, we’re going to do the rotation of the
    shoulder, outward rotation, inward rotation.
    a. Making sure that the upper arm is always
    at a 90-degree angle from the body

    ELBOWS

    8. Flexion then extension


    9. Supination and pronation

    WRIST

    10. Flexion, extension, and hyperextension


    11. Turn hand and perform radial flexion, then
    ulnar flexion.
    12. Then circulations of the wrist

    THUMB

    13. Abduction and adduction


    14. Flexion and extension

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