Restural Glove

Restore Hand Movement From Home

If your hand stays closed and your grip feels weak after a stroke, it is usually because two problems are happening at the same time. First, the communication between your brain and hand has been disrupted. Second, the muscles in your hand begin to weaken when they are not used enough. A stroke can damage the motor cortex, the part of the brain that sends movement signals to your fingers. Without frequent motion, the muscles lose strength, the tendons become tighter, and the fingers may start to curl, stiffen, and resist opening.

As this continues, gripping becomes harder and harder. Everyday tasks like holding utensils, buttoning a shirt, or using both hands for simple activities can become difficult, often forcing you to rely on others for help.

The Restural Glove is designed with air-powered compression chambers that carefully move each finger through its natural range of motion, similar to the guided support a physical therapist provides by hand. Using it consistently for only 15 minutes a day helps stimulate weakened muscles in the hand and fingers while sending repeated movement signals back to the brain. This repeated process supports neuroplasticity, helping the brain create new pathways around the damaged area so it can gradually relearn hand control, improve grip strength, and restore fine motor ability.

According to user reports, 93% noticed an improvement in hand stiffness after their first session.

Why Treating the Underlying Cause Helps You Regain Independence

Many treatments only address the symptoms instead of the root of the problem. Physical therapy can provide guided movement, but appointments are often expensive, limited in frequency, and progress may slow once sessions stop. At-home tools like therapy balls or putty can help with gripping, but they do not usually train the hand through a full opening and closing motion.

This often leaves people stuck in a frustrating cycle. They spend $50 to $150 per session on physical therapy, attend multiple times a week, see some improvement, and then eventually hit a plateau. Without regular guided movement, the hand can regress, muscles may weaken further, and progress can feel lost.

That is why the Restural Glove was created with pneumatic, air-powered compression chambers. The system gently assists each finger through a full range of motion, closely imitating the same hand-over-hand support used by physical therapists.

When the affected hand is placed inside the glove, the air chambers inflate and deflate in a controlled pattern, guiding the fingers through hundreds of assisted movements during a single session. This helps in two important ways: it strengthens the muscle fibers in the hand that have weakened over time, and it repeatedly trains the brain to reconnect movement signals to the fingers by reinforcing neural pathways.

Additional Benefits of Pneumatic Therapy

Pneumatic therapy may also help improve circulation in the hands and fingers, bringing more oxygen and nutrients to tissue affected by stroke. This can help reduce swelling, lessen stiffness, and ease the tightness that develops in muscles and tendons that are not used regularly.

The gentle, repeated motion can also help reduce scar tissue buildup and lower the risk of contractures, helping the fingers stay more flexible and minimizing the spasticity many stroke survivors deal with each day.