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Try This…You Never Knew Your Wrists Can Feel So Good! Dr. Mandell

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In this practice

Key teachings

  • Understanding wrist anatomy and function
  • Identifying common causes of wrist discomfort
  • Self-mobilization for joint health

Ideal for

  • Individuals who use smartphones frequently
  • People who spend extended periods typing
  • Gamers
  • Anyone experiencing mild wrist discomfort or stiffness

Lesson

Steps

  • Wrist extension with thumb pressure (posterior carpal row mobilization)
  • Wrist flexion with thumb pressure (anterior carpal row mobilization)

Benefits

  • Relieves wrist stiffness and discomfort
  • Improves wrist joint mobility
  • Addresses wear and tear from repetitive hand use
  • Promotes blood circulation in the wrists
  • Prevents potential repetitive strain injuries

Transcript

i want to show you something really cool we spend so much of our time holding our smartphone using our thumbs typing whatever you're doing the wrists take a beating there's eight bones in our wrist you have a scaffold luna triquatron posiform trapezium trapezoid capitated a hammock and there's two rows from all that wear and tear that we use on our wrist from gaming to typing to using our smartphone these joints and our wrist can lock up so the second row the bottom rail right above the radius and your ulnar take your thumb these joints usually lock backwards so we can take our thumb and just bring our wrist into an extension as we push our thumb forward sometimes you'll hear some audibles and release and the top row will take our thumb and we flex it and just pushing in like this across the joint we'll hear some release at times and you'll feel a huge difference do both wrists they'll start to tingle they'll feel nice and loose and you will be shocked

Practice summary

Level
all levels
Duration
2 minutes
Equipment
none
Target areas
wristscarpal bonesforearms
Energy
calming

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