Asked by Anonymous - Weak grip pressure after broken wrist: I got the cast off my arm / wrist (cast or brace whatever you want to call it) after 5 weeks, and my grip squeezing pressure feels really weak. How long does it take for strength to return to 100% with gripping like making a fist?

Anonymous Says: Also I can stretch fingers and roll wrist and hand forward and backward, and press hands together in praying position and all the type of stuff now so I have gotten it loosened up again by doing those exercises repeatedly, and I can make a fist fine, its just probably only half the strength that it should be and is noticeable grabbing a bar or that type of stuff.

Anonymous Says: When I broke my wrist I started by squeezing stuff and holding it for a minute or longer, then release.  For example you can get many different types of wrist grips or use a tennis ball or even thicker towel etc depending upon what level yours is at. Also if you have any type of dumbbell, pick it up a few feet and just hold on to it until you tire, then set it back down, then repeat.  This helped my wrist and grip strength alot doing that as I went up to heavier dumbbells and kept doing it.  You may have to start really light or even just pick up back of chair or something like that but forearm should point down so you get gripping and pulling pressure.

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