If you are someone who normally gets that white-hot pain in your wrists very easily once you’re on all fours during a workout, you are not alone. But it could possibly be an indication to work in your upper body strength to cut back pressure in your wrists, Spencer explains. Therefore, this Pilates workout for wrist pain includes exercises for the chest, arms and shoulders.
“If you are a little bit wondering, why are we working a lot on the arms today?” says Spencer. “One of the most important reasons for plenty of wrist discomfort on all fours is the necessity to strengthen those shoulders. When those arms aren’t super strong, your weight is just being weighed down on the wrist joint. So constructing arm strength is an awesome technique to reduce wrist discomfort.”
Expect plenty of repetitive arm movements that involve reaching and utilizing the complete range of arm motion during this workout. There is not a move that Spencer doesn’t explain with a cheerful, fun, and easy-to-understand presentation. As you stretch your arms out, up, and around, with extra hand movements to support strong wrists, he offers helpful visuals like “There’s one million dollars on the ceiling you are reaching for.”
Performing this 15-minute series repeatedly can aid you “go from wrist pain to wrist pain free,” as Spencer overtly put it. Everything is optional, after all, and the very best part? No vigorous movements on all fours are seen.
