Yogi Moves

If you’re one of the millions of Americans who works at a keyboard all day, there’s a persistent injury that’s common - it used to be called weaver’s wrists, and is now called carpal tunnel syndrome. There are routine exercises you can do to help you prevent this condition; doing these now is a great way to relieve stress, and to keep your wrists in good shape before you need to hire a physiotherapist.

The Stress Ball

You’ve probably heard about how squeezing a stress ball actually reduces stress. Now the number of times varies, but it basically transfers your stress to the hand area. This has always been a debatable subject, but the truth is your mind is off the stress and focused more on squeezing the ball. Best of all you’ll not only relieve some of that daily stress, but you will also help to prevent carpal tunnel.

Simply make a pattern of squeezing the ball without stopping - squeeze and hold it for five seconds, then release. Repeat as needed, it’ll be about 15 reps at a time for most people. Ultimately, what this does is strengthen your wrists. As your wrist muscles get stronger, they protect the sheathes that the tendons go through that cause carpal tunnel syndrome.

Doing The Twist.

If you find yourself doing a lot of typing at the computer, get yourself an armrest. This will keep your forearms and wrist more comfortable when typing as opposed to resting your arms on the edge of the desk. Another one of the helpful carpal tunnel exercises is to roll your wrists back like your revving up a motorcycle. You can do both hands at the same time or alternate one and then the other.

The Simple Exercise

Something you can do several times throughout the day is open your hand up as wide as possible, and curl your fingers down without bending them all the way. You will start to feel a strain around your knuckles and joints, as well as the muscles stretching from your fingers to the wrist. The first few won’t be a big deal, but the more you do the more you feel the strain.

Other Healthy Habits

Doing these stretching exercises are good for you - other things are good as well. At least every forty minutes, roll your head around and look at things at different distances; this prevents eye strain and lets your neck unkink. Roll your head around and arch your back both forward and back.

Doing these stretching exercises are good for you - other things are good as well. At least every forty minutes, roll your head around and look at things at different distances; this prevents eye strain and lets your neck unkink. Roll your head around and arch your back both forward and back. There are other carpel tunnel exercises we can teach, but this is a good starting point. After a week or so of this, you’ll notice that some things twinge less often when you do a long day of typing, and you’ll remain relaxed for a longer stretch of time.