You have a dinner date to attend? Prom? Wedding? Normally a fancy occasion also equals fancy nails that tend to be longer than the tip of your finger. But if you also train in aerials, this could be hindering your training! Climbing a silk is hard as is, why would you want to increase the difficulty level?!
The D.I.P. Joint
The DIP (distal interphalangeal) joint leads to a 20% decrease in grip strength when not in use, from the 2nd (index) to the 5th (pinkie) digit. This goes for either your dominant or non dominated hand.
20% Decrease in grip strengthโฆ
Wu 2018
People that this can effect are (but not limited to) upper limb injuries, neuropathies, significant systemic illness, osteoarthritis, or lovely people with long nails.
Best fight against this, is rehabilitationโฆ and short nails ๐
๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ? ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ @๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต! ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐! ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ดยฎ
Resource:
Wu K, Ahluwalia R, Chinchalkar SJ, et al. The Effect of Simulated Total Distal Interphalangeal Joint Stiffness on Grip Strength. Plastic Surgery (Oakville, Ont.). 2018 Aug;26(3):160-164. DOI: 10.1177/2292550318767925. PMID: 30148127; PMCID: PMC6100139.
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