Wrist Rotation with Dowel

WRIST ROTATION WITH DOWEL

This is a wrist strengthening exercise that will target the supinators and pronators of the forearm. Grab the middle of a dowel or broomstick and rotate your arm to turn the palm so that it faces the ceiling. From there rotate the palm so that it faces the floor to complete a repetition. Repeat this exercise as required and within a tolerable range of motion.

Muscles Involved:

• Pronator Teres

• Pronator Quadratus

• Supinator

• Common Wrist Flexors

• Common Wrist Extensors

Related Conditions:

• Wrist Impingement

• Tennis Elbow

• Golfer’s Elbow

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

• Texter’s Thumb

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