Most of the tasks we have to do in our daily lives are done with our hands. Cooking, eating, writing, opening doors or opening jars – all of these tasks require our hands, which depends on grip strength, or in simple Bengali, the ability to hold something with our hands. With age, this grip or hand strength starts to decrease. Then, even tasks like opening a jar or fastening a button often require the help of others.
The strength of a hand’s grip depends on several factors:
1. Physical weakness: If the body is weak, there will be little strength in the hands.
2. Bone density: This strength depends on whether the bones in the body are thick or thin. It is seen that those who have thick bones generally have more strength than people with thin bones.
3. Broken hand: If someone has had an accident like breaking their hand before, this power is reduced quite a bit.
4. Malnutrition: Along with physical weakness, people suffering from malnutrition also have reduced hand grip strength.
5. Stroke: Weakness resulting from stroke is another major cause of decreased hand strength.
6. Age: After a certain age, the body starts to weaken. Then the strength of the hands also decreases.
7. Others: Amnesia, depression (depressive disorder), and insomnia are particularly responsible for decreased hand strength.
How can this power be increased?
1. Nutritious food: Daily nutritious food not only increases the strength of the body but also increases the strength of the hands.
2. Exercise: Grip strength can be improved significantly through specific exercises for the body and hands. In that case, training should be taken from a skilled trainer. Otherwise, there is a risk of danger. Many people think that only grip exercises are enough for grip strength. But to increase grip strength, the body and the whole hand need to be exercised. In case of any joint disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, you need to learn the right exercises from the doctor along with medication. And you need to practice them regularly. Otherwise, the pain in the joints of the hand may increase, which reduces the grip strength and increases the pain.
3. Physiotherapy: There is no alternative to physiotherapy to increase hand strength after a stroke, of course, it is necessary to seek the help of a trained physiotherapist in this case.
