So How Do You Relieve Wrist Pain?
.The species designed to draw water, chop wood and climb trees can no longer tap a keyboard or push a mouse without coming down with painful wrists.
Wrist pain is the symptom of a long chain of musculo-skeletal dysfunction. Just focusing on what's happing at the level of your wrists misses the point.
Not only is wrist pain specifically related to the function of your shoulders, it's generally related to what's going on in the rest of the musculo-skeletal system that is your body.
Wrist pain comes in a range of forms. One of the most common expressions used to describe it is repetitive strain injury, sometimes known as occupational overuse syndrome (OOS). The word 'syndrome' is medical speak for 'We don't know what the cause of the problem is.'
The problem
I suspect that the problem is not so much over use but under use. If you don't have a regular and systematic strength and flexibility training program for your body generally and your shoulders, arms and wrists specifically, you're setting yourself up for wrist pain.
To put it bluntly, you're body is neither in correct alignment, nor is it strong enough to do the job you persistently do.
The body is an ecosystem
You've heard of the song, 'The hip bone's connected to the back bone ...' It's true, a pelvis that's out of alignment will affect shoulders, arms and wrists.
If, because of the way you sit at your desk your pelvis and shoulders get 'locked up' you dramatically increase the risk of wrist dysfunction.
Even if your sitting posture is good, just imagine how much strain you put on your arms and wrists by having them extended in front of you for much of the day.
What appears to be an easy job does, in fact require a considerable amount of strength to hold this position without the shoulders and wrists succumbing to dysfunction.
Typing is a lot different to writing. When people write, the wrist of the hand holding the pen is resting on the desk. The upper body is supported by the other arm or elbow resting on the desk.
Typing has changed the mechanics of written communication. You have to be a lot stronger to perform the typing action, in trunk, shoulder, arm and wrist muscles. Most people don't have a strength training program to prepare themselves for this task.
The sit down job is deceptively comfortable. We don't think we need to train to prevent this type of dysfunction. We think wrong.
Wrist Pain cause
There are two underlying causes of wrist pain.
- Your body is out of alignment
The platform on which your shoulders, arms and wrists rest - the pelvis and the trunk - is out of alignment putting extra pressure on your shoulders, arms and wrists. - Your body lacks strength
The trunk lacks strength to keep itself upright and the shoulders, arms and wrists lack strength to do any job, even one which looks like it doesn't require much strength at all.
That's why I say the underlying cause of wrist pain is under use. Most therapies focus on the symptom, the pain, rather than the cause. They focus on the spot where it hurts and not on the total musculo-skeletal ecosystem.
It's as much a general problem belonging to the whole musculo-skeletal ecosystem and not just a specific wrist problem.
Is wrist pain a medical problem?
Nope. Wrist pain is not a medical problem it's a fitness problem, a strength and flexibility problem which is treated by both general and specific exercises.
Without both a general and specific strength and flexibility training program the road to recovery will be a slow, tortuous and frustrating journey.
We've repeatedly said in our ebook series that therapy speeds up the rehab process but doesn't take the place of the strength and flexibility training program you need to do for yourself. Whilst you're being rubbed and heated you're not getting stronger or more flexible. Your condition is getting worse. You're being palliated, not fixed.
The key to restoring poor wrist function to good is improving the strength and flexibility of all the major muscles groups of your body and improving the strength and flexibility of your shoulder, arms and wrists.
Just heating and rubbing isn't be the best way to restore poor function to good.
The solution
- Get your body back into better alignment
- Improve your overall body strength
- In particular improve the strength of your upper body, shoulders, arms and wrists
- Increase the flexibility of your shoulders, arms and wrists.
To make an immediate start on relieving your wrist pain obtain your copy of the Fix Wrist Pain ebook. The investment: $29.95 US.
In the Fix Wrist Pain ebook I'll show you some of the key exercises you need to do to
- get your body back in better alignment
- strengthen your upper body, shoulders, arms and wrists
- loosen your shoulders and wrists.
.I can't stress highly enough the benefits that come with using a range of modalities, persistently to fix your dysfunction.
You'll get exercises you won't have seen at other wrist pain sites - based on the theory that the cause of the pain is rarely at the site of the pain.
Some of these exercises are designed to square you up. When your body is in better alignment you'll take some of the pressure off your shoulders, arms and wrists.
I'll provide you with an outline of how to protect yourself from wrist pain at work, in particular I'll teach you how to sit up straight at your desk so you don't put so much strain on your shoulders, arms and wrists.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
When you download your copy of the Fix Wrist Pain ebook you'll receive copies of all the other musculo-skeletal pain ebooks as a bonus.
Our flagship eBook, Fix Back Pain covers just about everything you need to know about the causes and treatment of lower back pain.
What you'll get in the Fix Back Pain ebook is firstly, a detailed outline of the causes of back pain.
Secondly we'll teach you some of the key exercises you need to do to strengthen and loosen the muscles designed to keep your back in good alignment. Do that there's a good chance your pain will; go away.
Even if you don't have lower back pain we strongly
suggest you purchase the Fix back Pain ebook. It's the foundation book
in the series and contains a lot of the basic information you need
to know to understand what's happened to you.
Fix Neck Pain
In the Fix Neck Pain ebook we show you how to diagnose and treat the cause of neck pain.
Here's what you'll get:
- a detailed outline of the causes of neck pain
- some of the key exercises you need to do to relieve your neck pain.
- We show you how to strengthen and loosen those muscles designed to keep your head on the top of your shoulders.
Fix Shoulder Pain
Fix Shoulder Pain has a detailed description of why people get shoulder pain.
A third of your shoulder pain probably comes from the same place as lower back pain - tight calf, hamstring and buttock muscles.
Another third of your pain comes from weak shoulder muscles.
The final third of your pain comes from tight muscles around your shoulders.
We provide you with the exercises you need to do to get your shoulders back in good shape.
Fix Wrist Pain
The species designed to draw water, chop wood and climb trees can no longer tap a keyboard of push a mouse without coming down with painful wrists.
Wrist pain is often diagnosed as an over-use injury. I suspect that much of it comes from under-use. People don't have a regular and systematic strength training program for their torso, shoulders, arms and wrists.
Fix Hip Pain
There's an epidemic of hip pain caused by legs and hips that are ut of alignment.
I'll show you exercises that are going to get your hips back in better alignment. When you do some of these exercises you won't believe how weak and tight some of the muscles around your hips and pelvic area have become.
The alignment of your legs, how you stand, how you walk and how much of your time you send sitting down have a critical impact on hip function.
It could be the case that the hip that is painful is protecting the one that is more dysfunctional.
Fix Knee pain
There's an epidemic of knee pain caused by weak and tight muscles.
I'll show you exercises that are going to get your knees back in better alignment. When you do these exercises you won't believe how tight some of the muscles in your legs and backside have become - placing pressure on your knee joints. You'll get close to immediate relief by strengthening and loosening your quadriceps muscles.
Fix Achilles Tendon, Calf and Shin Pain
I outline the likely causes of your pain and provide you with exercises and strategies to restore poor function to good. Painful Achilles come with tight calf, hamstring and buttock muscles.
I'll tell you about the benefits that come with using a range of modalities - persistently - to fix your dysfunction. In particular I'll introduce you to The Stick.
You'll get exercises you won't have seen at other Achilles tendonitis sites.
These exercises are designed to square you up. When your body is in better alignment you'll take some of the pressure off your feet and lower legs.
So Here's What You Get for a Total of $29.95 US
| eBook Titles | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix Back Pain | $17.00 US |
| 2 | Fix Neck Pain | $17.00 US |
| 3 | Fix Shoulder Pain | $17.00 US |
| 4 | Fix Wrist Pain | $17.00 US |
| 5 | Fix Hip Pain | $17.00 US |
| 6 | Fix Knee Pain | $17.00 US |
| 7 | Fix Achilles Tendonitis, calf and shin pain | $17.00 US |
| Total value | $119.00 US | |
| BUY NOW For ONLY | $29.95 US |
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Regards and best wishes
John Miller
Global Back Care is a division of the Musculo-skeletal Fitness Institute
P.O. Box 3718 Weston Creek ACT 2611 Australia
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