Wrist Flip

Exercise Overview

This is a wrist strengthening exercise. Support your forearm with a bench, table or chair and hold onto a dumbbell. Starting with your wrist facedown, extend the wrist to lift the weight up against gravity. Then rotate the wrist so that the palm is facing upwards and flex the wrist to once again raise the weight against gravity.

Muscles Involved

Common Wrist FlexorsCommon Wrist ExtensorsSupinatorPronator Teres

Related Conditions

Dynamic Wrist InstabilityTennis ElbowGolfer’s ElbowTFCC TearWrist ImpingementPronator Teres SyndromePosterior Interosseous Nerve EntrapmentDe Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

Equipment Needed

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