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Resisted supination

Resisted supination

For this and the following exercises, you will need elastic exercise material, such as surgical tubing or Thera-Band.

Picture of how to do resisted supination exercise
  1. Sit leaning forward with your legs slightly spread. Then place your forearm on your thigh with your hand and affected wrist in front of your knee.
  2. Grasp one end of an exercise band with your palm down, and step on the other end.
  3. Keeping your wrist straight, roll your palm outward and away from your thigh for a count of 2, then slowly move your wrist back to the starting position to a count of 5.
  4. Repeat 8 to 12 times.

Current as of: May 1, 2026

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