
Does your hand feel like a mass of mashed pulp at the end of a hard day's work? Does the sight of a ropeline appear in your nightmares? Does the phrase "grip and grin" make you want to amputate the terminal part of the vertebrate forelimb when modified (as in humans) as a grasping organ?
Fear not you bruised baby-kisser, the American Occupational Therapy Association has published a guide on "proper handshaking skills."
So excercise your fingers, click on the link for my favorite parts of the guide...