Hand exercising device

A method of exercising the human hand comprising:

• securing a support over the palm of the hand of a user;
• engaging a plurality of fingertip engaging members over a plurality of respective fingertips of the hand of the user;
• securing each of the fingertip engaging members to one of a plurality of elastic cords at elastic cord first ends;
• securing the other ends of the elastic cords to respective base anchorings, a first one of said elastic cords at its first end being associated with said thumb and being secured to a fingertip engaging member disposed around the tip of the thumb of the hand being exercised, the other end of said first elastic cord being secured to a base anchoring located on said support and over the palm of the hand of the user, exercising the hand by moving the tip of said thumb along a path extending roughly in the same direction as the direction of the outstretching of the thumb, when the tip of the thumb of a user is moved in a movement from a first position which said thumb and the fingers are retracted inward and over a palm and in which the tip of the thumb is over the palm to a position where said thumb and the fingers of the hand are extended outwardly, and stretching said elastic cord associated with said thumb during said movement.