And I'm goingtogiveyou a fewsimpleexercisesthat I thinkareabsolutelyfantasticformakingyourhandsmorerelaxed, moresensitive, abletodomorethingswithmorecoordination.
Sowheneverwestarttalkingaboutthehands, mostpeoplethink, okay, well, I alreadytrainedmyhands.
I dosomegripstrengthwork.
I hangfrombars.
I'm alwaysusingthemthroughouttheday.
Andthat's true.
Butoneoftheissuesthatweoftenrunintoisthatthatamountofworkcanoftenleadtosomedegreeofimbalanceandoftenwhat I callunconscioushandtension, meaningonceyougothroughtheexercises I'm abouttoshowyou, youmaystarttorealizehowmuchtensionyou'recarryinginyourhandsallday, everyday.
Sotheseareprettysimple, buttheyarequiteintense.
Sowhat I wanttodofirstis I wanttomakesurethatwedo a littlebitof a warmup.
So I'm justgoingtohaveyouputyourhandsoutand I wantyoutostartdoingsomemassagethroughthethumbside, thelittlefingerside, a littlebitofworkinbetweenthebones.
Prettymucheverythingthatcontrols a lotofthemajorfunctionsofourhand, ourmusclesaregoingtoinsertallthewayupattheelbow.
Sotheseguysareintimatelyconnected.
Veryoftenwhenyouhavetenniselbowissuesorgolfer's elbows, painproblems, bursitisoftheelbow, etcetera, wecantrace a lotofthatbacktoimproperhandusageorexcessiveusage.
So I liketoagain, justtokindofwarmuptheskinwithsomerotationalmotion, a littlebitoftractiondown, tractionup, medialandlateral.
Youcanthendo a littlebitofmassagethroughthemusculature, you'regoingtodothatonbothsides.
Overall, I wouldsayonetotwominutesperarmandmakesureeverythingisgoodandwarmedup.
Nowfromhere, we'regoingtodo a quicktest.
Allthat I wantyoutodoisputyourarmsdownbyyourside, yourfingersarefacingdirectlyforward.
I wantyoutolookdownand I wantyoutoflexyourwrist.
Sopullyourpalmstowardsyourbodyasfarasyoucanand I justwantyoutocomparesidetoside.
Solooktoseehowmuchrangeofmotiondo I haveandmoreimportantly, howdoesitfeel?
Doesonesidefeelreallytight?
Doestheothersidefeelprettycomfortable?
Oncewe'vedonethat, we'rethengoingtoreverseitandwe'regoingtogointoextensionandyou'reagain, self-checking, tryingtogetanideaofam I relativelysymmetricandhowuncomfortableisit?
I wouldlikeforyoutothenatthatpoint, repeatthatwiththearmstraightoutinfrontofyou.
Somakesureyou'rein a nicetallpositionandagain, you'regoingtoflexandextendandyou'rejustdoingsomecomparison.
A lotofpeoplewillfindthatastheygetintothatextendedelbowposition, thatiftheyhave a problematicside, theywillbegintoloseeitherextensionorflexionrangeofmotion.
Okay, sonowwekindofhave a basicideaofwherewe'reat.
I wanttodoonemorekindofpre-testandthenwe'regoingtogetintotheexercises.
Becauseifyounotice, when I wasdemonstratingthat, although I hadmywrist a littlebitextendedtoshowittothecamera, what I wouldgenerallyhaveyoudoisinitiatethisexercisewithyourpalmfacingthecenterofyourbody, andyouwouldbeworkingitlikethis, justinthisposition.
Thereasonthat I wantyoutodoitinthispositionisthatthisisgoingtobeourneutralposition.
So I wouldbeworkinghere, here, here, allthewaythrough, andtheninmyflexpositioninmyextendedposition.
Turnoffthevideoorpauseitfor a fewminutes, andworkthroughallofthesepositions, againfocusingon a 10 secondhold, andthen a 10 secondseparationinbetweeneachofthefingers.
In a lotofcases, whatyou'regoingtofindisthatnotonlydoyougetmorerangeofmotion, butyougetmorerangeofmotionwithfarmorecomfort.
I recommendthatyoukeepthisprocessinmindbecauseyoudon't havetogothrougheveryiterationthat I justshowedyou, butthroughouttheday, ifyoucantakejust a coupleofminutesandworkthroughit, itisremarkablehowimpressivelyitwillrelaxyourhands.
Ifyouspend a tonoftimeonthekeyboard, you'realwaystexting, you'reworkingoutreallyhard, you'redoinggripstrengthwork, you'redoingpull-ups, andwhatever, againmostofthetimewe'reover-utilizingourflexors, westarttolosebalanceinourhandsandtheybecomemoreandmoreclaw-likeandmoretension-filled.
I findthatworkingontheseexercisesnotonlybuildsmoremobility, italsodoesbuildstrengthinareasthataretypicallyignored, so I'm goingtohighlyrecommendthatyoustartincludingtheseinyourday-to-dayroutine.
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