Exercises for Developing Grip Strength

Here is the scenario: you’re struggling to open a jar and then give it to someone else. That individual is able to open the jar easily. What gives?!

Chances are, grip strength has something to do with the reason you were not able to open the jar. Grip strength effects a number of things that we take for granted every day, for example, opening a jar or a bottle of medicine.

Athletes and individuals who practice martial arts often dedicate time to working on their grip strength. Most of us probably don’t focus on it unless we are going through rehabilitation therapy, but you should work on it.

Are you interested in improving your grip strength? Here are several exercises you can do to work on it. These are best performed with one of our CanDo® Digi-Flex® hand exercisers.

Gross Grasp

 

 

 

 

 

Place the middle of your fingers on the buttons with your fingertips wrapped over the top. Positioning the hook of the palm bar over the web space between your thumb and index finger. Flex your thumb and the rest of your fingers toward the center of the unit (like you’re making a fist).

Hook Grip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place your fingertips on top of the individual buttons. Place the hook of the palm bar on the web space between your thumb and index finger. Keeping your fingers slightly bent, flex all of your fingers towards the center of the unit.

Key pinch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place the hook of the palm bar on the inside of your bent index finger. With the tip of your thumb slightly bent, flex the thumb on the first button.

Trigger pinch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loosely hold the Digi-Flex® exerciser with the buttons towards your fingers and the hook of the ergonomic palm bar positioned over the web space between your thumb and index finger. With the middle of your index finger, press the second button on the exerciser as if you’re squeezing a trigger.

Tip to tip pinch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place the tip of your thumb on the center of the palm bar. Position the finger you want to exercise on one of the center buttons. Keeping both tips slightly bent, flex your thumb and the finger on the button toward the center of the unit at the same time.

Fingertip flexion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place all finger tips on their own button, with the tip of your thumb on the center of the ergonomic base. Keeping all your fingers bent, flex your thumb and the rest of your fingers toward the center of the unit at the same time.

Click here for more information about our CanDo® Digi-Flex® hand exercisers.