If all those hours at the keyboard are causing twinges in your hands or wrists, it may be a muscular imbalance rather than a joint issue. This hand fitness trainer is supposed to slow the development of osteoarthritis and lessen the discomfort of such hand- and wrist-pain problems such as RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
If you’re thinking this looks just like those hand-grip strengtheners or ball-squeezing exercises, it’s not. It actually exercises the opposite muscles as those do. Try putting a rubberband around your thumb and fingers and flexing your hand outward–these are those muscles.
“The device slips on like a glove and has elastic bands that strap to each fingertip, providing resistance as you open your hand. By flexing your hand in the opposite direction of its typical motion, the trainer strengthens the extensor muscles in your hands, wrists, and elbows, helping to reduce the painful symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, and tendonitis.”
You can pick up the hand exerciser for $40 at Hammacher Schlemmer:
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