Exercises for the wrists

The wrist joint can easily get strained as most of our movements in a day involve our hands and sometimes due to repetitive movement of the fingers, the wrist can get sore and painful. These simple and easy movements move blood to the region which then starts healing. At first, your pain may not disappear immediately but with time, it will surely go away.

Ex 1a, 1b

Exercise 1

• Sit with the legs stretched out, the back straight. Bend one leg; place the ankle on the opposite thigh close to the groin. Bend the other leg and place the ankle on the thigh of the bent leg, close to the groin
• Interlock your fingers at the chest level, the palms facing towards you, the elbows at the same level
• Inhale deeply as you turn the palms out and slowly stretch your arms out in front
• Exhale through the mouth as you turn the palms in and slowly bring the palms back to the start position
• Repeat five times.

Ex 2a, 2b

Exercise 2

• Sit with the legs stretched out in front, the feet together, the body relaxed
• Stretch both arms in front of you to shoulder level
• Keeping the arms straight, slowly stretch both hands down from the wrist so that the fingers point to the floor.  Simultaneously, move the toes forward and stretch the feet
• Now, slowly stretch both hands up backward from the wrist. Simultaneously stretch the toes and the feet up and towards the body
• Repeat ten times.