Wrist pain

niamhdean97
niamhdean97 Posts: 108 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have very weak wrists and when I do exercises such as push ups, burpees etc. I get a lot of pain in my wrists which leads to me feeling defeated and giving up. I have tried push up bars and fists but they both don't help. I'm at my limit and just feel really upset and frustrated about it. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated x

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    You could start with wall push ups and then progress to countertop push-ups.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Pushup bars should be helping, if the back of your wrists are completely straight. I suspect your wrists are bending a bit. Try lifting the bars up onto stairs, milk crates, etc, to make the pushups easier, so you can focus on your wrist angle. Turn the bars slightly inward.
  • B_Plus_Effort
    B_Plus_Effort Posts: 311 Member
    I have joint problems and my elbow especially, having been to doctors, specialist, therapists, etc. so I can relate, and I have weak wrists, anyway pushups are a very difficult and very advanced exercise, and often performed incorrectly, so seek alternatives, perhaps not permanently but just until you strengthen your wrists, dumbbells provide an excellent workout because of limb independence, so you can use dumbbells to work out your triceps, biceps, chest, shoulders, etc. another advantage of weights is that they can be adjusted where as it's difficult to adjust your body weight whilst doing pushups, you can do knee pushups or regular pushups but you can't press only 15 pounds if you weight 150 type of thing
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Are your wrists injured or are they just weak?

    If they are just weak then you need to build the strength progressively and improvised weights rather than bodyweight might be the way to go.
    (Or modifying the bodyweight exercises you do - push up with your hands elevated three steps up your staircase is far easier than flat on the ground.)
    Working below your limit rather than at or over your limit all the time.

    If they are weak because of a current or previous injury that's a very different issue.
    (I mashed mine up with a very ungraceful landing from a bike crash and it took time and patience to rehab, pull exercises were fine but had to back right off on push exercises and ensure my wrists were straight.)

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