Light Weight Lifting for RSI Carpal Tunnel Tendonitis injury

THANK YOU for this video!!! I'm a guitarplayer and working from home as a writter and have massive pain in my wrists and forearms. It seems very counterintuitive indeed, but I'm gonna do this from now on. Hope I'll cure in within the next months (fingers crossed ;-) Thanks again! PS any more advice for musicians? Take a complete rest for a couple of months or...? Sincerely, Rick

Thanks Ottottojazz for replying. So, if you are doing these light weight forearm exercises every other day, how do you incorporate bicep, tricep, shoulder exercises etc.? Basically, what is your workout rountine? Thanks muchos!

Once I got over the worst of my carpal tunnel and RSI problems using only forearm weights, I started doing pull ups, bar dips, and curls, plus crunches, lower back raises and cardio... that's it. My gym routine takes one hour, I try to go at least 3x per week, it's pretty simple.

Awesome video! My inflammation is down, but when I do these light weight exercises I periodically feel a dull pain in my hand throughout the day, should I be concern or is it getting use to the weights? Thanks a lot!

I'm not a doctor, but what I've done is to take a day off between, and do the weights every other day. Just make sure the weights are not too heavy, and stretch carefully before and after. I found the quality of the pain changed right away and after a few months the pain was nearly gone. Now my hands feel strong, the circulation is good and there is a little more muscle mass that has helped to increase the circulation and the healing process.

so when do you incorporate your bicep, tricep, shoulder, etc. exercises? Basically, what is your workout routine? Thanks!