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Wrist Rotation with Dowel

WRIST ROTATION WITH DOWEL

This is a wrist strengthening exercise that will target the supinators and pronators of the forearm. Grab the middle of a dowel or broomstick and rotate your arm to turn the palm so that it faces the ceiling. From there rotate the palm so that it faces the floor to complete a repetition. Repeat this exercise as required and within a tolerable range of motion.

Muscles Involved:

  • Pronator Teres

  • Pronator Quadratus

  • Supinator

  • Common Wrist Flexors

  • Common Wrist Extensors

Related Conditions:

  • Wrist Impingement

  • Tennis Elbow

  • Golfer’s Elbow

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  • De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

  • Texter’s Thumb

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