Massage points for the Wrist and Forearm

Muscularly the Wrist and the forearms form a single functional unit.  Many of the primary muscles that power the wrist, hand and fingers originate in the forearm.

Like any muscle, overuse can lead to swelling damage and pain. The wrist and forearm muscles often suffer the stress of too much typing or grasping. When these muscles become damaged or stiff and can even misalign the bones of the hands and the wrist.

Massage to the forearm and hand muscles can relieve a great deal of this stress and tension (see massage for lower back pain for more info on massage).

Forearm Extensors

These regions focus on the muscles that bend the back of the hand and fingers towards the forearm.

A) Relates to the major wrist extensors: Extensor carpi ulnaris, extensor carpi radialis and extensor digitorum.  They relate to the acupuncture poitns Sj 8-9.

B) focus on the smaller forearm extensors: extensor pollicus longu and pollicus brevis.  It relates to Sj5 – 7 and Si6 in acupuncture.

C) focuses on the flexor carpi ulnaris.  It relates to the Si meridian and Si7 in acupuncture.

Forearm Flexors

These regions focus on the muscles that bend the palm of the hand and fingers towards the forearm.

D) focus on the Palmaris longus, flexor carpi radialis and the flexor carpi ulnaris. Tehy correspond with PC3 and Ht3 in acupuncture.

E) focus on some of the smaller forearm muscles: Flexor digitorum superficialis, adductor pollicus longus and flexor pollicus longus.  The regiona relates to Pc5 – 6 and Lu7 in acupuncture.

G) focuses on the brachioradialis a large wrist and elbow flexor.  It corresponds with Lung 5-6 in acupuncture.

Hand Points

These are three major points in the hand that are often overused and the the cause of wrist pain.

G) focuses on the primary muscle groups of the Thumb.  The thumbs are the most worked muscles in the hands and wrist.  This point relates to Lu10 in acupuncture.

H) focuses on the group of muscles that fold the thumb across the pals and are largely responsible for our grasping ability.  this picture only shows the palm side of the muscle but it is visible in the back side of the hand a well.  it relates to the acupuncture point Li3 and Li4.

I) focuses on the Abductor minimi digiti.  It relates to the acupuncture point Si3

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Jan 18, 2010

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