The Best Exercises for Wrist Pain (From La Cañada Chiropractors)
The best (and safest) exercises for wrist pain, from doctors who treat it every day at Flintridge Family Chiropractic in La Cañada Flintridge.
If you've Googled "best exercises for wrist pain," you've probably seen a dozen conflicting lists. Here's what our doctors actually give patients — and, just as importantly, what we tell them to stop doing.
Wrist pain is often a chain problem — shoulder, elbow, and forearm mechanics all feed into how the wrist handles load.
Rule #1: Move the Stiff Joints, Stabilize the Loose Ones
Most people with wrist pain intuitively stretch the area that hurts. The problem is that the painful area is often the unstable segment — it's already moving too much. Stretching it more can make things worse. The area you actually need to work on is usually the joint above or below.
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