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Thera-Band Flexbar Hand Exerciser | 
| Brand: TheraBand
Category: Sports
Buy New: $9.25 - $26.13
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Sales Rank: 68
Media: Misc.
MPN: 26100-26102
ASIN: B000P7YMW0
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| Features:
| • | Available in 3 Resistance Levels | | • | Improves grip strength and upper extremity strength | | • | Allows oscillation movements for neuro-muscular and balance training | | • | Provides soft tissue and joint mobilization | | • | Used in the "Tyler Twist" technique for tennis elbow treatment |
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Product Description
The FlexBar is a lightweight, easy to grip, portable resistance exerciser for rehabilitating and stregthening hands, wrists, forearms and shoulders. Used in occupational therapy, physical therapy, sport and fitness. One of 3-color-coded levels of resistance.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Thera-Band Flexbar is the ideal exercise tool for improving grip and upper extremity strength, as well as aiding in wrist, forearm, and hand rehabilitation. The use of the Flexbar is great for performance improvement in massage therapy, martial arts, and sports that call for grip strengthening. The Flexbar is well-suited as a physical therapy aid, helping provide soft-tissue and joint mobilization and also allowing oscillation movement for neuro-muscular and balance training. The Flexbar comes in three color-coded levels of resistance, has an easy-to-grip waffle design, and works by bending the bar into a u-shape. The red bar takes 10 pounds of force to bend, while the green bar takes 15 pounds and the blue bar takes 25 pounds, so you can personalize your strength training to meet your needs.
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Blue bar for stronger guys March 18, 2010
Mrs. Lucinda Ramos (Florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The blue flexbar is listed for heavier resistance to twisting.
I am strong and athletic with only minor tennis elbow issues,
and the blue has ample resistance but not too much. Strong guys... buy the blue!
If you'd like to try the exercises, before buying a Flexbar,
you can use a simple pool toy. I mean the long brightly colored foam tubes that are
three inches in diameter and about five feet long and cost only a couple of bucks.
Cut off about a foot and give it a twist!
The real Flexbar has much greater range of twist and is very heavy and appears durable.
A Good Tool March 17, 2010
broker45
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Most people probably haven't ever heard of eccentric exercise, but there are several studies out that have been done on eccentric exercise and tennis elbow- and have shown good results.
After reading them, I stumbled upon these handy tools and was immediately drawn to them because they were a convenient way of treating tennis elbow with, well, the all-potent eccentric exercise that I had learned about.
Without a doubt, this is one interesting tool you can use that will provide eccentric exercise for your wrist muscles (light dumbbells do the same thing, although not as much fun). One note though. People with tennis elbow need to know that resistance exercises are but ONE part of what you need to be doing to totally get rid of tennis elbow- which probably explains the mixed reviews you see of this product.
All-in-all a sound product. Also suggest Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow for those looking for a good resource on resistant tennis elbow. Good luck.
Good therapy for tennis elbow February 23, 2010
S. Carr (Belmont CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I concur with the other reviewers who saw the video on the New York Times web site which demonstated how exercises with the FlexBar Exerciser can help relieve tennis elbow. I have not used the exerciser that much but it still has helped a lot. One caution, the green medium tension still requires a lot of stength to perform the twists so you may want to start with the red tension bar.
Excellent shoulder and elbow exerciser February 21, 2010
L. Frey
I bought all 3 resistances that these exercisers are offered in, and I highly recommend them. Follow the included instructions for excellent progressive recovery from rotator cuff (shoulder) and tennis elbow tendonitis. These were a great help in my recovery from both problems.
Good for tennis elbow, Chiropractor's review February 18, 2010
Adam Heidingsfelder (Gulfport, MS)
Some recent research has shown that flexion of the wrist extensors while being eccentrically contracted, will accelerate the healing of this repetitive injury. If you have tennis elbow, this is the first thing I would do. I have had success so far with using this for treatment. Beware, the exercise must be done exactly correct, and is easily done incorrectly. see the youtube video. search tennis elbow flexbar. the muscles should be lengthening while contracting. A good thing would be to buy one and bring it to your chiropractor or physical therapist, have them look up the video and do proper instruction. Our practice is Healing Hands Chiropractic in Gulfport MS.
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