_____ is turning the palm upward.
[so̅o̅′pinā′shən]. Etymology: L, supinus, lying on the back. 1 one of the kinds of rotation allowed by certain skeletal joints, such as the elbow and the wrist joints, which permit the palm of the hand to turn up. 2 assumption of a supine position, one of lying on the back, face up. Etymology: L, pronare, to bend forward. 1 assumption of a prone position, one in which the ventral surface of the body faces downward. 2 (of the arm) the rotation of the forearm so that the palm of the hand faces downward or backward. 3 (of the foot) the lowering of the medial edge of the foot by turning it outward and through abduction in the tarsal and metatarsal joints. pronate, v. I have had SC for three years. After only 6 months while my hands and arms stiffened....I cannot turn my palms face up..like to take change from a sales clerk, etc...(I always have them drop it in my purse or pick it up with my fingers). the act of assuming the prone position, or the state of being prone. Applied to the hand, turning the palm backward (posteriorly) or downward, performed by medial rotation of the forearm. My wrist does not turn either. I normally just ask the till people to put my change back into my purse. Or they must give it to me in a way that I can take it. There is obviously the odd person that go into a flat spin and dont know what to do and they dont listen so then they just chuck the money on the counter. Hi Joanie, my wrist doesn't turn either, I do the same thing. Sometimes at the doctor's office when being examined they want to look at my palms and finger tips and I want to say wait let me stand on my head. I have started to have a little more flexibility in my wrist and arms. 1. The condition of being supine; the act of assuming or of being placed in a supine position; rotation of the forearm such that the palm of the hand faces anteriorly to the anatomic position; rotation of the foot such that the plantar surface of rotated upward. 2. The opposite of pronation. /pro·na·tion/ (-na´shun) the act of assuming the prone position, or the state of being prone. Applied to the hand, the act of turning the palm backward (posteriorly) or downward, performed by medial rotation of the forearm. /su·pi·na·tion/ (soo″pĭ-na´shun) [L. supinatio ] the act of assuming the supine position, or the state of being supine. Applied to the hand, the act of turning the palm forward (anteriorly) or upward, performed by lateral rotation of the forearm. Applied to the foot, it generally implies movements resulting in raising of the medial margin of the foot, hence of the longitudinal arch. Hi Joanie; Yes,I had almost the same problem.I could make about 1/4 turn but definately not enough to take any change.My hands were pretty well closed also and the constant burning was terrible.Now I am well but dread the day that this disease might return.
Supination