I purchased these due to a pulled ligament in my thumb. After 4 months of waiting to heal I decided it was time to do exercises. I started with the XX soft rings and putty. I used my own exercises. I have yet to look at the booklet that came with it. I lead on intuition. Although painful due to the damage to my hand and the weakness I was in severe pain due to the injury and nerve. I have a very high pain tolerance however, certain pain causes nausea. I had a lot of damage done to my hand. I persisted every day and now I just increased to to x soft. I am right back to square one. It is extremely challenging but it is the only thing that keeps the pain away. The other pain is getting better. The nausea is almost gone. I am able to use may hands now fir daily task. My strength is SLOWLY returning.
I highly suggest these for elderly people. My father is using mine. I need to give him the booklet. I have purchased some for my ex and I have purchased the putty for my sister. She is addicted to the putty.
I want for people to know I was a personal trainer and I worked out regularly. Due to life changes, taking care of terminally ill people, fitness has kind of gotten away from me. However, these 10lbs rings used muscles, tendons and ligaments in ways I ever felt in my best days of lifting. I know if I keep up with these I will probably be stronger than ever! More toned than ever. It is amazing how much we take our hands for granted.
I had no issues with my order. It was very quick and uneventful. However with the order I placed going to 2 different people going to 2 different states didn’t go as smoothly. It has been corrected. I would just suggest wait until one order is processed before order another to avoid the mixup. I love all the products I have purchased so far!