Wrist Pain? 3 Simple Exercises to Eliminate It

Wrist, finger, and hand pain is very closely linked to computer usage. If you’ve been typing too long, take a break and give your body what it needs. I have seen people go from agonizing pain to no pain at all by doing these simple exercises.

Try it out and let me know how it goes for you.

1. Forearm Stretch – Begin with your elbows at your sides, palms facing forward, and fingers down. Walk toward the wall until your palms are touching the wall. You should begin to feel a stretch on the top of your arm. Hold for 1 minute.
2. Drum Drum – Kneel on the floor and put your elbows, wrists, and hands on the floor in front of you. Lift the fingers of one hand up, keeping the wrist down. Then switch. Go faster and faster until you’re “playing the drums” without lifting up the wrists. Do this for about 30 seconds.
3. Crazy Fingers – Open your hands much as you can, then clench your hands into fists. Do this as fast as you can for about 30 seconds.

After you’ve done one round of that, you can either do it again, or you can go back and do it again later. It’s important to keep your wrists moving in a healthy way so that your hands stay healthy.

Keep moving,

Chris

Chris Janke-Bueno is a personal trainer and owner of My Core Balance, a personal training studio in Willow Glen. www.mycorebalance.com

The opinions expressed here are the blogger's and not necessarily those of the local editor's or anyone affiliated with Patch.

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