Wrists · Shoulders
Standing wrist shake-out
Mobility · Standing
- How to do it
- Stand with arms relaxed. Gently shake out the hands, then circle the wrists a few times each direction. Keep shoulders down.
- Dose
- 20s
- What you should feel
- Your hands and forearms unclenching
- Common mistake
- Tensing the shoulders up by the ears while shaking.
- Make it easier
- Shake gently while seated.
- Avoid this movement if
- You have an acute wrist injury.
Stop this movement if it causes sharp or worsening pain, numbness, weakness or dizziness.
Why it's here
Shakes tension out of the hands and gets you off the mouse and out of the chair at the same time.
Routines with this move
Related moves
- Wrist flexor stretch · Seated or standing
- Wrist extensor stretch · Seated or standing
- Wrist circles · Seated or standing
- Finger fans · Seated or standing