How to Improve Your Push Up Form | Wrist pain from doing Push-ups?
Channel: Mobility Plus Sports Rehab
Date: 13/01/2021

Do you get wrist pain when doing a push-up? Ever feel like you have weak or ‘crunchy’ wrists? Here's how to improve your push up form without that wrist pain 👇

The Push-up is a great exercise to target your pecs, arms, and core muscles. BUT, having wrist pain sucks and can prevent you from doing this timeless exercise. 🦵We talk about the feet' stability a lot for squatting. Still, I found that we aren't putting the same attention to the wrists' alignment during any pressing exercises.  

✅In addition to all the extra typing you have been doing while working from home, let's make sure you give the wrists the TLC they deserve during exercises. After all, the carpal tunnel (aka, that little space at your wrists that can give you a bit of 😫 when you irritate it) resides here. So let's make sure you create an excellent foundation to protect them when you are doing a push-up.
Video Outline:
0:00 Intro 
0:24 Hand placement for better push-up technique
0:35 Explanation to why wrist position can help push-up form

Here’s how to create more stability at the wrist when setting up for the push-up or any other pressing motions. 
1️⃣- In your push-up position, TRY to position the fingers to face forward and not tilted to one side.

2️⃣- Then, press all knuckles down into the ground. There should be little to no space between your palms and the ground at all times. 

3️⃣- Push through a full palmar contact to allow better forearm mechanics during the push-up motion. 

🙅🏻‍♂️If you feel a lot of "pulling" or "tension" at the forearms when you try to put your palms flat on the ground, you may want to check out my other video here to loosening your forearms first before doing the push-up.

We appreciate and respect your effort to get and stay active, and that's why we make this video to allow you to get even more out of the exercises.🙏

At Mobility Plus Sports Rehab, we always start with a thorough exam to make sure we understand your case and provide you with personalized ways to overcome them. We help our patients get rid of their chronic pain quickly and prevent it from coming back. As always, we are here for you. 👊

How do we do this? We do so by educating our patients with self-management strategies and providing pain relief in the office. 

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Want help with your wrist pain? 🩺  Click on the link in bio ☝🏼to schedule a complimentary phone consultation with Dr. Li to find out how!

🤜🏼🤛🏼Give it a try! Comment below if you have any questions!

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