Stretch Of The Week:

Two Handed Hammer Turn Stretch

DO YOU HAVE PAIN IN YOUR ELBOWS? MAYBE FROM TENNIS, GOLF, VOLLEYBALL, BASEBALL ETC?

The Two Handed Hammer Turn #stretch is an awesome and effective stretch that will relieve tension throughout the the wrist extensor muscles throughout your forearms. Using the hammer to assist in a deeper stretch with palms down and up, will help the tension in the back of your forearm dissipate and give you more range of motion and overall flexibility in your wrists, elbows, and shoulders.

This is important because if we lack motion at the wrist, we’ll try to make the motion up at the shoulder and elbow, causing more pain in more places. Conversely, if we lack shoulder mobility, we’ll try to make it up at the elbow and wrists. Therefore, just as it was important to focus on scapular and shoulder mobility a couple months back, it is also important to focus on the wrist, as the two are interconnected and focusing on one may not alleviate the problem for the other.

🔈DO THIS STRETCH‼️

1. Start standing or seated upright with your arms straight out in front of you holding a hammer at shoulder height with your palms faced down.

2. Rotate your arms, like you are turning a steering wheel to your right, until your left hand is directly over your right, and the hammer is straight up and down. (Hold this gentle stretch for 20s)

3. Now rotate your arms, like you are turning a steering wheel to your left, until your right hand is directly over your left, and the hammer is straight up and down. (Hold this gentle stretch for 20s)

4. Now hold the hammer straight out at shoulder height with your palms faced up.

5. Again, rotate your arms, like you are turning a steering wheel to your right, until your left hand is directly over your right, and the hammer is straight up and down. (Hold this gentle stretch for 20s)

6. Finally, rotate your arms, like you are turning a steering wheel to your left, until your right hand is directly over your left, and the hammer is straight up and down. (Hold this gentle stretch for 20s)