A physical therapist says you should work on strengthening this often overlooked area if you want to age well and stay independent

Close-up of a hand using rubber finger stretcher.

One of the things that worries me most about getting older is losing the ability to use my hands properly.

I’ve been helping my grandmother to catalog several lifetimes’ worth of pictures—some taken, some inherited—because she struggles to hold a pen for more than a minute or two.