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wrist flexion in gravity eliminated position - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

wrist flexion in gravity eliminated position

forearm supported with thumb up, flex wrist toward body while keeping fingers straight, then return to neutral.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
wrist
Muscles
forearm flexors, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on the chair, rest the forearm on arm rest such that hand is off the arm rest and thumb pointing towards the ceiling. Move the hand towards the body, keeping fingers straight. Move the hand back to starting position and repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.