Most people with arthritis are told to rest their hands, but did you know… this tiny morning ritual is a game you play with your fingers, one route a day.

A gray-haired woman at a kitchen table, both hands pushed into jars of rice, a coffee mug and a bowl of oranges beside her

The little morning ritual that keeps everyday grip from quietly slipping away is not what most people expect.

A ritual has to be small enough to do

If your hands ache, your own clinician knows them far better than we do. The ritual we mean is small and easy, something you will actually do every morning: a pinch, a reach, a let-go, with a coffee beside you.

The best ritual is the one you still do next week

Most of us have a band, a ball or a tube of putty somewhere in a drawer. Hand routines die because they are chores, and a chore that hurts gets dropped fast. The one that lasts is the one you actually want to pick up with your coffee.

So we made the ritual a game

The Boulder Block is real climbing holds on a solid wood block, about 4 inches across and just under a pound: 12 resin holds that unscrew and move. You climb it with your fingers only, from one hold to the next, like solving a problem on a wall. Draw a card from the Challenge Deck, 16 routes across 4 levels, find the holds in order and try to finish. The plan we teach is one route a day. It's a game you play with your fingers, not an exercise, which is why people keep picking it up.

A finger tracing the route on a yellow Challenge Deck card, the Boulder Block and the fanned-out deck beside it

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Ask the person who knows your hands

The Boulder Block isn't a treatment for arthritis or for anything else. If you have pain, swelling or numbness, or you're recovering from a hand injury or surgery, check with your healthcare professional before you start, and stop if it hurts.

In their own words

"it's a lot harder than it looks, but I'm getting better."

Customers' own words

Right now: UP TO 55% OFF + A FREE GIFT SET WITH EVERY BLOCK

The Boulder Block, its box, a drawstring bag, the Allen wrench and Challenge Deck route cards

The Boulder Block: solid wood, 12 real climbing holds, the Challenge Deck of 16 routes, one Allen key, two minutes to set up
A free gift set with every block
60 days. If it never gets picked up, send it back.
If a hold ever breaks, we replace it free

Over 50,000 orders so far.

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