Many of us are unable to perform this action as soon as we wake up and wait a few minutes before trying again. In fact, the weakness we feel in our hands and the inability to perform the action we want can sometimes be seen on our feet.
Let’s see why it is not possible to do this thing that we can easily do during the day, as soon as we wake up.
First of all, let’s talk about how our muscles, which have a very important place in our body, work.
In order for any muscle in our body to contract, two essential components are required, a nerve impulse and electrolytes. Electrolytes are minerals that begin to carry an electrical charge when dissolved in a liquid, and are found in our blood as well as in our urine.
Maintaining the right electrolyte balance aids the body’s blood chemistry, muscle movement, and other processes, and the most common of the minerals found in electrolytes are calcium, sodium, potassium, and bicarbonate.
Again, muscles need these minerals to perform their contractile function, and when this tissue receives a contraction impulse from a nerve, it causes a change in electrolyte concentration.
At the same time, calcium and sodium enter the muscle cells, while potassium leaks out. In this sense, especially calcium plays a fundamental role in the contraction of muscles. However, the muscle only needs potassium when it wants to perform the relaxation movement. This is why potassium deficiency causes extremely uncomfortable muscle cramps.
Another detail we need to include on the subject is what happens in our body during sleep.
The efficient functioning of all vital organs during the waking period depends on the heart’s ability to pump blood at a sufficient rate. However, this is not possible during sleep.
As soon as we fall asleep, our body begins to relax and, in a way, heal itself. Because we do not engage in any physical activity, our heart rate also drops during sleep.
This heart rate is quite sufficient to pump blood through our relaxed body, but not as efficient as when we are awake. This way, the body decides which areas need the most electrolytes and oxygen, reducing blood flow to the muscles in the limbs.
When we wake up, all these systems start to continue their duties in their most efficient ways, but this does not happen all of a sudden.
It takes some time for the electrolytes to be active again in the muscles in our hands. This is the main reason why we can’t make fists as soon as we wake up. But how we wake up from sleep is quite distinctive at this point.
For example, when we wake up due to fire, earthquake or any other dangerous situation; our body releases adrenaline and, in a way, confronted with a “fight or flight” situation, it gathers all the strength we need to cope with it.
Also, not being able to clenched the fist upon waking is not the case for all of us, but for those who experience it, sometimes a medical check may be necessary.
Most of us encounter this weakness and weakness in our hands as soon as we wake up, but this is due to the natural structure of our body. However, if your weakness is increasing day by day and you have started to experience this weakness for a while, even though you have never felt this weakness before, it would be beneficial to see a doctor.
Because this can be a symptom of diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis or Lambert Eatons syndrome.
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