Doing a push-up with careful attention to shoulder placement is extremely healing and strengthening to your wrists, shoulders and your neck. Done incorrectly, it can be painful and damaging. Take your time, kneel on all fours and place your hands carefully. Align with your highest nature, separate each finger equally and press down with care and consistency.
As you lower yourself toward the ground, squeeze your forearms toward the midline of your body. Lead with your heart and keep your weight on the inner edges of your hand. Lengthen your tail bone and take the size of your waist back a little bit. If any of these hurts your wrist, start over, only lower your body down as far as you can go without any pain at all.
Gradually overtime you will strengthen your inner arms and chest so powerfully that these push-ups will not cause any wrist pain at all. The advantage of working from your knees is that you will have more time and energy to watch over your alignment with great awareness.
Overtime, you will stronger, but not at over-working your wrist or tightening your shoulders. From all fours lengthen the size of your body and hug into the midline with your forearm so your weight comes more onto the inner edges of your hand.
Take a deep breath in, then exhale and then move your tail bone down, gently lifting your belly. Inhale, then exhale and soften your heart. Keep your shoulder blades on your back and lower your body down toward the floor, keeping your weight on your inner hand.
If your elbows move out a little bit, don't worry about it. It's more important to keep your shoulder blades on your back and the weight on your inner hands. Now push yourself back up. As you get stronger, it's a great idea to straighten your legs; the important thing is to avoid causing any wrist pain at all.
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