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wrist flexion with gravity resistance - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

wrist flexion with gravity resistance

sit with forearm supported, palm down, flex wrist to point fingers toward floor then return to neutral

Starting position
sitting
Joints
wrist
Muscles
forearm flexors, wrist flexors
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on the chair, rest the forearm on the arm rest and hand is off the arm rest such that palm facing towards the floor. Move the hand towards the floor such that fingers pointing 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.