Elbow Curls to Prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Tennis Elbow

Video Transcript

"As our life becomes more and more computer oriented, we end with our shoulders up in our ears or more rounded forward because we're hunched over a computer all day. We need to roll those shoulders back and lift up nice and tall. Part of the problem from carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis is that our shoulders are up and we carry all that tension in our shoulders and that they're tight. So what we need to do is learn to stretch our shoulders and our chest and keep that chest open so we aren't rolled forward. So the elbow curls are a great way to do that. If you just roll your fingers right down to the tops of your metatarsal pads there and bring them to the sides, next to your ears with the thumbs down. You inhale, open your elbows out, press your shoulders down, open your heart. And then as you exhale, bring the elbows together. Inhaling, opening your chest and exhaling, rounding through the spine and bringing the elbows together. This is going to release the tension in your shoulders. It's going to bring more blood flow to the shoulders and the arms and thereby help prevent injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis or tennis elbow. I'm Cindy Mastry. Namaste."