How to Prevent Wrist Injuries While Bowling

Bowling puts a lot of stress on the wrist. The wrist is relied on heavily to roll a weighted ball accurately down the lane. As a result the wrist may be injured due to heavy use and poor technique. The best way to prevent injuries while bowling is to strengthen the wrist muscles before bowling and to use proper technique and protection for the wrist. Here are some tips.

Things You'll Need

• Hand gripper
• Dumbbells
• Wrist guards

Instructions

Instructions

1. 

   Preventing wrist injuries while bowling starts before you even start bowling. Before bowling season start by doing exercises to strengthen your grip and wrist to avoid injuries. Using a hand gripper, squeeze the gripper slowly until the handles touch. Slowly release and repeat. Use the hand gripper as often as you can. Try to increase the number of reps you can do over time as your grip becomes stronger.

2. 

   Another exercise to strengthen your wrist and prevent injuries while bowling is wrist curls. This exercise can be done with dumbbells. Begin by sitting on a bench with a dumbbell of light weight. Grab dumbbell with underhand grip. Rest forearm on your thighs with wrist just beyond knee. With the dumbbell, roll out of the palm down to the fingers. Grip dumbbell back up and flex wrist. Lower and repeat. Do the same with the opposite arm. Start with three sets of 10 reps per arm.

3. 

   Use proper technique while bowling. Use the legs, shoulders and arms together to roll the bowling ball. Don't let the wrist do all the work or it will become overused and more easily injured.

4. 

   For added protection for the wrist while bowling consider using a wrist guard. The wrist guard will help keep your wrist in the proper bowling while bowling so you don't injure the wrist. If you bowl a lot a wrist guard may be helpful to maintain proper wrist position when you are fatigued.

Tips & Warnings

• Stretch your wrist and forearm muscles before bowling.

• Don't bowl too many games until you are sure that your stamina and strength can handle it. Fatigue leads to poor technique and injuries.