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Important Things you should know about Wrist and Forearm Strengthening

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Wrist and Forearm Strengthening, enhance flexibility, and reduce pain in wrist and elbow joints.

Easy exercises that can be done at home to increase hand and wrist strength to avoid pain. Exercises also strengthen the wrist and hand muscles and improve the flexibility and range of motion of the wrist joint.

How to do Wrist Curls for Wrist and Forearm Strengthening?

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  • Make a fist and slowly bend your wrist up-down and rotate.
  • You can also use dumbbells (nowadays easily available in market) or else water bottle to increase the strength.
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Best exercise to increase your grip strength :

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  • Squeeze a soft ball(smiley ball which is easily available in market) in your palm as hard as you canΒ 
  • Hold for a few seconds and release.
  • Repeat 10-15 times per hand.
  • Also you can use a grip strengthener which is available in the market.
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Finger Strengthening exercise :

Stretch a rubber band around your fingers and thumb then slowly open and close your hand.

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Best Wrist Stretching :

  • Wrist stretches can also help increase flexibility lower the risk of injury and ease slight pain.
  • Stretch your arm out in front of you.
  • Slowly point the fingers down until you feel a stretch.Β  Use the other hand to gently pull the raised hand toward the body.
  • Point the fingers toward the ceiling until you feel a stretch.
  • Repeat this 3 times and hold the stretch for 30 seconds in each time.
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