Exercises You Can Do at your Desk for RSI

If you have a RSI or repetitive stress injury, then there are some exercises that you can do at your desk during rest periods that will help your condition. They can also help prevent it if you don't have it yet. You don't have to do them all and it doesn't matter what order you perform them in. Each of the exercises will result in you feeling some stretching and you should hold each stretch for about 15 to 30 seconds and repeat it three times. These are just guidelines and you should do only what is comfortable for you. Make sure that when you are doing these exercises that you only feel a gentle stretch and that there is no pain. If you do start to feel some pain, then you should reduce the number of repetitions or shorten the amount of time that you hold each stretch. If it continues, then you don't need to do that particular exercise. If you have any questions about these exercises, then please ask your physician.

The first exercise you should try starts with you holding both of your hands out in front of you and stretching them for a few seconds. You should splay your fingers until you feel a gentle stretch. The next exercise involves you holding out both of your hands in front of you and curling your fingers and thumbs under at your first knuckle. Another type of exercise you may want to try is placing your arms straight out in front of you, then raise your right hand so that your palm faces away from your body. Place your left palm onto the fingers of your right hand and press the fingers toward you until you feel the gentle stretch. Repeat the same steps only using the other hand. To go along with that last exercise, keep your arms straight out in front of you and drop your right hand down with it bent at the wrist. Put your left hand on the knuckles of your right hand and press toward you until you feel the gentle stretch in the top of your wrist. Swap your hands and repeat it on the other hand.

While your arms are still out in front of you, lace your fingers together and turn your hands downward and over so that your palms are facing away from you. Press outward until your arms are completely straight and you feel the gentle stretch. Next you can hold your right hand out in front of you with your palm facing up. Take your left hand and massage your right hand from the inside out and in between your fingers. Do this on both hands. These are just a few of the exercises that you can do to help ease the tension that has built in your muscles from sitting in front of your computer. Make sure you stretch your neck and shoulders as well. All of this will help aid the healing of your RSI.

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