Some people have a stress ball or tennis ball that they squeeze to relieve them of some aggravation.\u00a0 That\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n
But when someone has an elbow\/wrist tendinitis, squeezing a stress ball hurts but may also be contributing to the injury!<\/p>\n
The forearm has muscles that flex and extend the elbow, wrist and fingers.\u00a0 There has to be adequate muscle balance between these muscle groups much like having a proper balance between pushing and pulling muscle of the shoulders, chest and back.<\/p>\n
By continuously squeezing a stress ball, you are re-enforcing the finger, wrist and forearm flexors making them stronger but ignoring the ones that extend the fingers, wrist and elbow!<\/p>\n
QUICK FIX:<\/strong><\/p>\n Grab a thick elastic band (the ones you find around stalks of broccoli), place it around your fingers and open and close your fingers.\u00a0 Simple.\u00a0 Do this until there is a slight fatigue in your forearm every day and you create better symmetry in your arm!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some people have a stress ball or tennis ball that they squeeze to relieve them of some aggravation.\u00a0 That\u2019s fine. But when someone has an elbow\/wrist tendinitis, squeezing a stress ball hurts but may also be contributing to the injury! The forearm has muscles that flex and extend the elbow, wrist and fingers.\u00a0 There has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reconditioning-tips"],"yoast_head":"\n