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Thera-Band Flexbar Hand Exerciser - Tennis Elbow Relief Barsuper


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Thera-Band Flexbar Hand Exerciser - Tennis Elbow Relief Bar

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Thera-Band® FlexBar® is a flexible, durable resistance device with a ridged surface for enhanced grip during use. It is used to improve grip strength and upper extremity stabilization by bending, twisting, or oscillation movement. It has been research-proven effective for Tennis Elbow, offering a cost-effective treatment that requires no injection or expensive equipment. Thera-Band FlexBar is 12" long and is made from dry natural rubber in 4 progressive resistance levels to match user capability. The Yellow Thera-Band FlexBar takes 6 lb. of force to bend to a u-shape, Red 10 lb., Green 15 lb., and Blue 25 lb.

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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.


  • Available in 4 Resistance Levels
  • Research-proven effective for Tennis Elbow relief, offering a low cost, effective treatment
  • Allows oscillation movements for neuro-muscular and balance training
  • Provides soft tissue and joint mobilization
  • Good for massage therapists, martial arts, sport grip strengthening and more.


Thera-Band Flexbar Hand Exerciser - Tennis Elbow Relief Bar Reviews


Thera-Band Flexbar Hand Exerciser - Tennis Elbow Relief Bar Reviews


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69 of 72 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Tool, March 17, 2010
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This review is from: Thera-Band Flexbar Hand Exerciser - Tennis Elbow Relief Bar (Misc.)
Most people probably haven't ever heard of eccentric exercise, which is the type of exercise these bars provide. Eccentric, or "negatives" as bodybuilders call them, are basically the lowering portion of an exercise. For instance, if you lift a weight over your head and lower it, the lifting is the "concentric" part, and the lowering of the weight is the "eccentric" part.

Without a doubt, this is one interesting tool you can use that will provide eccentric exercise for your wrist muscles. So what's the big deal with eccentrics? Well, there have been studies showing that when people with tendonitis conditions do just the eccentric part of an exercise, they get better. Problem is, there are tennis elbow studies specifically showing that if you do just the concentric (or lifting part) only, you get better too (Martinez-Silvestrini 2005). Therefore, eccentric exercise, as this tool most surely provides, will help tendonitis, but its far from a "magic" cure, and you can achieve... Read more
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89 of 98 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Choose Color Carefully, January 28, 2010
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R. Dominick (Eagle, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thera-Band Flexbar Hand Exerciser - Tennis Elbow Relief Bar (Misc.)
Good product. I'm using it to heal tennis elbow and it is a big help. Make sure, however, you select the right tension for your intended use. For tennis elbow therapy you pre-twist the bar and then release the twist with your hurt arm. The blue bar is very stiff and challenging to twist. It would likely be painful for a moderate to severe case of tennis elbow. I suggest the red or green bar for tennis elbow. For strength building by bending the bar, the blue is challenging but fine. For reference I am a 48 year old male, 6'3", in good shape, who plays competitive tennis 5 times a week. I hope this is helpful.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Flex bar worked for me! :), June 1, 2010
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I got Tennis Elbow from golfing in 2003. (pain on the outside elbow joint) I had cortisone shots 2 years in a row to at the suggestions of several people. Each time the pain came back. Then I tried acupuncture. That helped for a while as well, but the pain came back again. I wore the strap on my forearm to lower the pain while golfing. This was tolerable, but not the long term solution.

I heard about the flex bar and googled it on the internet. This was over a year ago. This is the only thing that has worked for me. I have been pain free for over a year. I continue to use it occasionally as preventive medicine.
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