Wrist Flexor Rock Back

WRIST FLEXOR ROCK BACK

The wrist flexor rock back is an exercise to stretch the common wrist flexor muscles. Start by going onto your hands and knees and point your fingers towards your legs. Keep the fingers on the floor and slowly load the wrists by rocking the body backwards. Stay within a pain free range and hold for up to 20 seconds. Rock back and rest for 10 seconds before repeating.

Structures Involved:

• Wrist Joint

• Common wrist flexors

  • flexor carpi radialis

  • flexor carpi ulnaris

  • palmaris longus

  • flexor digitorum superficialis

Related Conditions:

• Wrist Impingement

• TFCC Tear

• golfer’s elbow

• carpal tunnel syndrome

• pronator teres syndrome

• cubital tunnel syndrome

• median nerve peripheral nerve entrapment

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