1. Wrist extension

When you spend the day typing, it’s easy for the muscles in your wrists to become tense and stiff. Practising some wrist extensions – where you use one hand to pull the fingers on your opposite hand back towards the arm. You should feel the stretch on your inner wrist – this can relieve tension and improve flexibility in the long run.

To improve wrist strength, you could even practise these with weights instead of your hand – just lie your arm on a surface and lower a light dumbbell up and down.

2. Wrist flexion

Wrist flexion is the opposite of a wrist extension; to get started, hold your arm out in front of you with your palm facing towards the sky and pull your hand towards your inner wrist. You should feel the stretch on the outer surface of your wrist.

Again, using a dumbbell can help to strengthen the wrist in this way – simply lie the back of your arm on a surface and raise the dumbbell up towards your body before lowering it down to a horizontal position, only allowing movement in your wrist.

3. Finger extension

If typing every day is taking its toll on your fingers, then practising some finger extensions can also be beneficial. To do this, try pushing each of your fingers back and forth a couple of times.

You can also use an elastic band to do some strength work: simply twist the elastic band around your wrist and put the loop over the desired finger. Then push the finger backwards and forwards, using the resistance in the band to challenge the muscles.

How to prevent RSI: 3 stretches to relieve tension in the hands and wrists