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wrist extension against gravity - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

wrist extension against gravity

sit with forearm supported, palm up, actively extend wrist upward against gravity and return to neutral

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

How it is done

Sit on the chair, rest the foresrm on the arm rest such that hand is off the arm rest and palm facing towards the ceiling. Hold the forearm with other hand, move the hand towards the floor, 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.