There are a lot of ways we put stress on our wrists: typing away at a computer, practicing yoga, playing tennis, or having an addictive texting habit are just a few. And it's so easy to forget how important it is to stretch out our forearms, hands, and wrists to undue all of that work. Here are five stretches that will ease away pain, help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome, and keep your wrists at their best.
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Women are three times more likely to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, an over use injury that causes pain and inflammation. The wrist connects your ever valuable hands to the power of your arms, so you want to take care of them, especially since they are involved in so many daily activities. To learn how, just start the slideshow.
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We (especially all us web junkies) use our hands a lot more than we think. The problem is that most of the time our hands are used forcefully in only one motion: The closing motion.
Even something as simple as typing is a closing motion that means that there is constant gripping, squeezing and constriction in your hands and wrists. Not good. Like any muscle in the body, the ones in your hands are no different; in order to keep balance we must exercise opposing muscles, which many of us don't even do in our larger muscles, let alone our hands. This constant repetitive and strenuous inward activity creates an imbalance that can lead to problems such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other overuse injuries.
The Cats Paw ($9.99) exercises the opening muscles of your hands and arms, which restores and maintains your body's natural balance. The Cats Paw counteracts all this constriction and restores balance by exercising the opposing muscles. It's easy, fast and affordable. I've been using mine for a few weeks now and my hands feel great. Whenever I am at a lack of words sitting here at my computer, I grab my Cats Paw and bang out a few reps -- Afterward my hands feel really good. (Plus it is an opportunity to stop staring at your computer screen for a minute.) Buy one today from CatsPaw.com.
I hear people complain about carpal tunnel syndrome, mostly from musicians and people who work on computers non-stop all day. But what exactly is happening to cause the pain and tingly sensation?
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist. This nerve controls sensations to the palm side of your thumb and fingers, as well as impulses to some small muscles in the hand that allow the fingers and thumb to move.
The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway of ligament and bones at the base of the hand which houses the median nerve and tendons.
Some people are more prone to this because they have a smaller carpel tunnel. And for this reason, women are 3 times more likely than men to develop carpal tunnel syndrome. It can also be caused by an injury, fluid retention during pregnancy, or repetitive motions, like using a mouse.
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