Thumb Asanas

While mobile messaging may free your mind, it can play havoc with a less celebrated organ - your thumb.To keep your thumbs in shape, practise these simple thumb exercises at home on a light stomach and keep living the SMS life. TIP PINCH

Touch the tip of your thumb to the tip of each finger, like they’re meeting after a long time. PALMAR ABDUCTION

Place the dorsum(aka the back) of the hand flat, with the thumb resting in the palm(zzzzz). Raise the thumb towards the ceiling. THUMB FLEXION

• Place your hand on the table like you’re executing a karate chop, with your thumb pointing up. • Bend your thumb across the palm towards your small finger. If your thumb resembles a rubber band, this is easier. Get back to square one and makes sure both joints are staright. IP JOINT BLOCKING

• In case your other hand is feeling left out, use it to grasp the affected thumb at the base, just below the end joint. • Bend and straighten the thumb at the end joint only, unless youe enjoy hurting yourself.