I demo two exercises for wrist strengthening for flexion and extension you can do with a Theraband Flexbar. Repetitive flexion and extension of the wrist, especially under load, can cause wrist pain and forearm pain. The Theraband Flexbar is a perfect rehab tool to progressively strengthen flexion and extension of the wrist. Wrist flexion and wrist extension strengthening can help you recover from many of these injuries of the elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand. It's also great to make part of your strengthening or mobility routine if you're an athlete or frequently active individual.

Sports where wrist flexion and wrist extension strengthening can be helpful include: golf, wrestling, MMA, boxing, Brazilian JiuJitsu, football, tennis, and to be honest any sport where you're using your hands (almost all of them!)

Common injuries that respond well to flexion and extension strengthening include tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), golfer's elbow (medial epicondylitis), carpal tunnel syndrome, pronator trees syndrome, olecranon bursitis, radial tunnel syndrome, ulnar tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's tenosynovitis, and many more.

If you have pain, weakness, or mobility limitations in your elbow, forearm, wrist, or hand a program of strengthening that includes these exercises can be an important part of your recovery. Additionally, they may be helpful in preventing some of the above injuries.

Our Cary, NC chiropractic office frequently treats these types of injuries. Other treatments that we often use include chiropractic manipulation (adjustments) of the spine and extremity joints, inoffice therapeutic exercises, Graston Technique IASTM, kinesiotape application, and dry needling. If you've been struggling with an injury to your arm I always recommend scheduling an appointment with a good evidenceinformed chiropractor who treats athletic injuries and getting a wellrounded strategy to overcome your injury without drugs, shots, and surgery. These alternatives will still be available if your chiropractic treatment fails, but many times it's successful!

I cover a lot of additional exercises you can try in other videos on the channel, so if you're looking to use the Theraband Flexbar to perform other exercises, make sure you check out the Theraband Flexbar playlist on the channel or at least some of the additional videos at the end of this channel.

What causes tennis elbow? Read my blog on that subject here:
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How long does it take to recover from tennis elbow? Read my blog on that subject here:
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What's the best treatment for tennis elbow pain? Read my blog on that subject here:
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You can buy the Theraband Flexbars I use in this video AND in my clinic here:
Green (Medium) Theraband Flexbar https://amzn.to/3jOC3u2
Blue (Heavy) Theraband Flexbar https://amzn.to/3aihNxL
Red (Light) Theraband Flexbar https://amzn.to/3qp7JZo
Yellow (ExtraLight) Generic Theraband Flexbar https://amzn.to/3dedF3E

Here are some other awesome Theraband products that I like in the hand and wrist rehab process:
Theraband Hand Exercise Ball https://amzn.to/3pnPAdp
Theraband X Trainer https://amzn.to/3b9mh93

These are the elbow and wrist braces that I use in the clinic to help with recovery from elbow and wrist injuries:
Golfer's Elbow and Tennis Elbow Brace https://amzn.to/37nhKik
Wrist Brace for Wrist Pain Conditions https://amzn.to/3u8nPsJ

If you want to skip ahead and see a specific part of the video, I break it down into chapters here:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Wrist Flexion Strengthening
01:47 Wrist Extension Strengthening