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Some people have a stress ball or tennis ball that they squeeze to relieve them of some aggravation. That’s fine. <\/p>\n
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But when someone has an elbow\/wrist tendinitis, squeezing a stress ball hurts but may also be contributing to the injury!<\/p>\n
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The forearm has muscles that flex and extend the elbow, wrist and fingers. 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
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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
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QUICK FIX:<\/p>\n
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Grab a thick elastic band (the ones you find around stalks of broccoli), place it around your fingers and open and close your fingers. Simple. Do this until there is a slight fatigue in your forearm every day and you create better symmetry in your arm!<\/p>\n
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STOP SQUEEZING THAT STRESS BALL! Some people have a stress ball or tennis ball that they squeeze to relieve them of some aggravation. That’s 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-tips"],"yoast_head":"\n