Strengthen Tendons & Arms With the Warrior Pose

Video Transcript

"As our lifestyle moves more and more to a computer based society more and more people end up with problems such as carpal tunnel syndrome which is the problem with the wrist or other repetitive stress injuries such as tendinitis. Warrior poses are a great way to heal and to counteract these problems because there is absolutely no pressure on the arms, wrists, shoulders at all. So one such warrior pose would be a warrior 2 pose. So turning the feet out and bending through the knees the main thing is reaching the arms out and extending out through your fingertips, rolling the shoulder blades down. I am working my arms. I am working my shoulders, my forearms and my triceps and biceps without putting any pressure on them whatsoever. So warrior poses and other poses where such as a chair pose where your arms are in the air, you are not down putting your weight on your hands, exacerbating the problem, warrior poses have your arms up with no pressure and that can help heal and relieve the pressure of carpal tunnel syndrome and tendinitis. I'm Cindy Mastry. Namaste."