25 Oct Thumb pain? Fix your Texter’s Thumb
TIMESTAMPS ⏱ 0:00 Intro 1:50 Wrist Extensor Stretch 2:49 Radial Nerve Slider 3:57 Finkelstein Stretch 5:03 Eccentric Wrist Extension 6:30 Thumb Extension-Resisted-Band Find yourself with nagging thumb pain with sending that important work email? Picking up your newborn? Gaming with your friends? Even gripping the steering wheel? You may be dealing with...
17 Jul Wrist Extension Mobilization
HOW: Place your hand and palm flat onto a surface where you can lean into it. With your elbow straight, lean forward until you feel pain or discomfort. Reset and use your other hand to pull your wrist inward as you lean forward again...
10 Jul Overhead Circle – Wrist Tension
HOW: Start in a standing position. Bring your arms all the way up overhead. Apply tension to your wrist by either extending your fingers back or making a fist and bringing it forward. From here, perform arm circles with each arm for the prescribed...
10 Jul Forearm, Wrist, and Arm Circles
HOW: In a standing position with your arms at your side and your shoulder blades squeezed back, bend your elbows and rotate your arms out to the side as far as you can. From here, face your palms forward, point your fingers facing back...
09 May Wrist Extension – Resisted, Band
HOW: Anchor a band underneath your foot while seated. Lean over and place your forearm on top of your knee with your palm facing down and pointing to your other knee. Grab the anchored band and while keeping your forearm stabilized on your thigh, ...
28 Apr Safety Clip Squeeze
HOW: Get set up with a weight clip in your hand, ideally you can still have a grip around the weight clip even when the weight clip is in a relaxed position. Perform the exercise by squeezing the weight clip as hard as you...
28 Apr Carry – Hook Grip, Weight Plate
HOW: Hold a weight plate, ideally a rubber plate, by hooking the tips of your fingers around the top of your plate. Grip the weight while staying strong through your arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade. Walk while holding the weight for the time instructed. ...
28 Apr Carry – Pinch Grip, Weight Plate
HOW: Hold a weight plate, ideally a rubber plate, by pinching it between your fingers and your thumb in your palm with your fingers pointing down. Grip the weight while staying strong through your arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade. Walk while holding the weight...
28 Apr Carry – Cylindrical Grip, Kettlebell
HOW: Hold a weight with a handle with your hand wrapped around the handle, ideally a kettlebell in the normal position. Grip the handle while staying strong through your arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade. Walk while holding the weight for the time instructed. FEEL:...
28 Apr Carry – Spherical Grip, Kettlebell
HOW: Hold a round weight, ideally a kettlebell upside-down that fits in your hand. Grip the weight while staying strong through your arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade. Walk while holding the weight for the time instructed. FEEL: This should feel like a challenging grip...
