Dowel Wrist Rotations

DOWEL WRIST ROTATION

This is a wrist strengthening exercise that will target the muscles of the forearm. Grab one end of a dowel or broomstick and rotate your arm to turn it up and down. Grabbing closer to the center of the stick will make this exercise easier and grabbing closer to the end of the stick will make it more difficult.

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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