kodo kb
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Hi all,
I have very poor wrist extension, to the point that I can't perform normal pushups without pain.
I want to fix this, and tried starting with the Relax into Stretch drills for wrist extension/flexion. (I think the drills are misnamed in the book, but I digress.) The original position for the drill on pg 73 labeled wrist flexion is too much for my wrists.
There are two ways to make the drill into something I can do without pain:
I am unsure of the cause of my poor wrist extension, but the pain kept on getting worse and worse through my last years of college. My best idea is that I minorly hurt it doing handstand work, kinda veered away from wrist-extension exercises, and my body tenses up due to a learned pain response. I can do pushups on my fists and on parallettes without any problems, but I dislike that I can't do certain movements.
Any help would be appreciated!
P.S. Sorry for the double post, but I thought this sub-forum was a better place for the discussion.
I have very poor wrist extension, to the point that I can't perform normal pushups without pain.
I want to fix this, and tried starting with the Relax into Stretch drills for wrist extension/flexion. (I think the drills are misnamed in the book, but I digress.) The original position for the drill on pg 73 labeled wrist flexion is too much for my wrists.
There are two ways to make the drill into something I can do without pain:
- I can rotate my hands such that they point forward as in a pushup
- I can bring my arms wider (wider than shoulder width at the moment) while still having my fingers pointing back towards me, as shown in the drill figure
I am unsure of the cause of my poor wrist extension, but the pain kept on getting worse and worse through my last years of college. My best idea is that I minorly hurt it doing handstand work, kinda veered away from wrist-extension exercises, and my body tenses up due to a learned pain response. I can do pushups on my fists and on parallettes without any problems, but I dislike that I can't do certain movements.
Any help would be appreciated!
P.S. Sorry for the double post, but I thought this sub-forum was a better place for the discussion.