A common problem many beginners have with handstands is that their wrists can’t take it.
I know the feeling. From a football injury back in high school my right wrist has never been the same. Its less flexible and even hurts when too much pressure is put on it in certain ways.
Actually working on handstands to regain that flexibility has helped a lot over the years. But recently, due to some other work its been flaring up again.
This means any handstands I do, I’m favoring and leaning to my left side which isn’t good. But there is a way to work around the problem.
And that is doing handstands on bars. Many objects will work; parallettes, pushup handles, kettlebells and more. As long as its stable you can do hand balancing on it.
At first you may have difficulty balancing since it changes the way your hands have to move, but with a little practice it’ll get easier, even more so than balancing on flat ground since you can grip it hard.
So if you have any wrist troubles hop on some bars to give your wrists much needed relief. Even if you don’t use these tools to change up the feel of your handstands.
And if you’re doing advanced moves where the wrist must bend even more, like in a planche or some presses, again the bars can be a big help.
Good Luck and Good Hand Balancing,
Logan Christopher
P.S. I write more about wrist issues in a special report you can find in the Hand Balancing Mastery Course.