THERABAND FlexBar Resistance Bar, Light, Red Flex Therapy Bar for Physical Therapy, Wrist & Forearm Exercise Equipment, Non Slip Grip, Compact Design

Don't go in expecting a miracle overnight fix. For some people, it's true that it makes immediate, obvious progress. For others, like me, it's more gradual - BUT, that doesn't mean it isn't helping! It is incredibly helpful for me where other things were not, and I absolutely recommend it. I'm someone who does a lot with their hands. I do digital art, I cross stitch, I play piano, I play video games, I use my computer for hours every day. Unfortunately, around October of last year, I incurred a bad wrist injury after pushing myself too hard. After seeing a doctor, the diagnosis turned out to be medial epicondylitis (a type of tendinosis colloquially known as 'golfer's elbow', as opposed to the more common 'tennis elbow'/lateral epicondylitis). I tried a lot of things - most wrist exercises seemed to help very little or even aggravate the injury, splints didn't seem to achieve much, and while icing my wrist seemed to help, it wasn't always practical, especially in the middle of Winter. I was having trouble using my drawing tablet for even ten minutes or playing my 3DS for an hour without residual pain for days. I got the Light flexbar (the red one) back in July of this year, and while it hasn't been the drastic overnight change some experience, it has definitely made a world of difference for my injury. I started off doing 5 Tyler Twists twice a day, then added in the reverse Tyler Twist after a week or so. Now I'm up to 10 three times a day, if I can remember to. I try to do it before and/or after starting an activity that I know can agitate my wrist. Even just doing a few after the fact is usually enough to mitigate all or almost all of the pain. Now I can draw for hours and experience very few side effects compared to before. I can feel the difference it's made in my wrist, just flexing it I can tell that the muscles have built up strength. No more elbow twinges, no more pain in my wrist tendons. I feel like I'm slowly getting back every single hobby I'd given up on for months. If you've struggled with tendonitis/tendinosis and are having trouble finding something that works, absolutely give this a try. Start out slow and work your way up. Make sure you're doing the right exercise for the right injury (Tyler Twist for tennis elbow, Reverse Tyler Twist for golfer's elbow, though I do both the reverse twist is definitely more beneficial to me). Watch Youtube videos to make sure you have the right technique. Be patient and give it a few weeks if you're having trouble seeing progress at first.

Great for rebuilding wrist and arm muscles

I had neck surgery in February and had extensive physical therapy & used this product in my p.t. Sessions . I purchased this product to continue with home exercises. It is wonderful! I’m building strength in my hands , that was decreased from nerve impingement prior to my surgery. I would highly recommend this product for hand strength building.

For me, this device is exactly what I had been searching for. The results have been very effective.

I was talking to a guy at the gym one day about my tennis elbow from shoveling snow, and he highly recommended the FlexBar. You'll notice that when you order it, there are actually 6 colors. Each color has a different level of resistance: Level 1 - Beginner to level 3-Advanced = Yellow-Red-Green-Blue-Black-Gray. When my red flexbar arrived, my first response was that it was too easy, and wished I'd known to buy one of the more advanced colors. But as I used it, I realized that the red is actually a good level. Not because it's difficult or anything, but because when my forearm/upper elbow hurts, the red does a good job of working it out. Also, if there was more resistance, it would probably increase the pain, thus defeating the purpose of the bar. It appears to be made of a hard rubber. It won't break, hasn't cracked or anything on me yet (just keep it away from pets), and the ridges help with the grip. The exercises aren't difficult, but I find they do a good job at warming up my arms before lifting, working out the pain after lifting, and actually building up my wrists and forearm some. I'll do a few sets of 10-20 while watching TV, movies on my tablet, or even sometimes I'll crank out a few reps while sitting at red lights in the car. I would totally recommend this to anybody with tennis/golfer's elbow or upper-forearm pain.

Me funcionó en el primer uso, tengo meses con dolor de codo de golfista y lo compre por que ví videos en donde lo recomiendan para ese tipo de lesiones. Al siguiente día de haberlo usado ya no sentía dolor, esto no quiere decir que ya te aliviaste, al tercer día sentí muy pequeña molestia de nuevo pero es normal, esta barra hay que usarla tres veces por semana y viene con instrucciones de cómo hacer los ejercicios para codo de tenista y codo de golfista. Se los recomiendo en verdad, y cuando ya hayas sanado puedes seguir usandolo poara fortalecer tu antebrazo, asi que no será algo que dejes arrumbado.

If you have golfers or tennis elbow, use thus device along with some light weight (eccentric exercises) and you’ll see improvement in a very short period of time. I had golfers elbow for 18 months.

Buen material, buena calidad

Awesome, exactly what doctor recommended. The quality of the product is A class.