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Today the number of people who suffer from Carpal Tunnel syndrome is increasing. However, through using a hand exercise ball many people can actually prevent this condition from developing. If you can prevent this condition which is a result of key nerves in the wrist becoming compressed then you won’t have to resort to surgery to treat the problem.

But along with a hand exercise ball being used to treat and prevent the condition mentioned above it can be used for other purposes as well. Many people who play golf or squash as well as musicians find using this piece of fitness equipment very beneficial to them. They find that regularly using such a ball helps to increase the strength in their hands and wrists which in turn means that the risk of injury to these areas of their body are reduced.

So how does a hand exercise ball help?

This piece of equipment works isometrically and places very gentle stress on the area being worked on in very smooth movements. The kind of movements that one makes using this piece of fitness equipment cannot be replicated using any other form of exercise.

To actually get this piece of equipment working you must rotate it using a circular wrist motion and this helps to place more torsion and dynamic forces on the wrist. You should start off by rotating the ball at slow speeds and then gently build this up and over time you can eventually increase the speed. In some cases the speed at which the ball is rotated by you can be in excess of 15,000 revolutions per minute.

So why consider using a hand exercise ball?

If you use such a piece of fitness equipment as mentioned above you can prevent yourself from being another person suffering from Carpal Tunnel syndrome. So the chances of you suffering from problems as we show below are reduced.

1. You are far less likely to suffer from pain that radiates from your wrists up your arms to your shoulders or down into your hands.

2. As you hands will be much stronger there is much less chance of you dropping objects as you would if you suffered from Carpal Tunnel syndrome.

3. Through using this type of exercise ball you are far less likely to suffer from any loss of feelings in your fingers. So doing the tasks you do now shouldn’t prove such a problem.

4. Finally there is far less chance of you having to take time off work because the pain caused by the condition makes working difficult. In many cases after only using an hand exercise ball for a number of weeks you will begin to see some dramatic changes in the strength of your hands and wrists.