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Can wrist exercises cause hurt wrists?

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Dr. Brian Kaufman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

YES!: Doing wrist exercises specifically to address wrist strength can put a lot of strain on the wrist and actually strain the muscles and tendons of the wrist. There are good reasons to do wrist stretches but few reasons to do wrist exercises as most upper extremity exercises include the wrist.

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Answered 9/28/2016

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