The lids of jars can very awkward for people with arthritis or lacking in strength. I think that I have found a few good ways to open up those jars that have tight lids on them. There will probably need to be some trial and error to find the one method that works the best on that hard to budge top.
First, try an elastic band around the top or easier still wear rubber gloves. The rubber gives a grip that helps you open the lid. (Make sure your hands aren’t wet or greasy or you’ll never get the thing off.) Another way is to try and break the airlock. Try tapping the rim sharply all around the edge with the back of a knife. Or give the top a few hefty whacks; a heel of a shoe or wooden spoon will do the job. Make sure you don’t break the glass though. Run the top under hot water if the jar has already been opened and has got stuck fast with dried up gunge. Then there is piercing the top of the lid so the airlock is broken. This can be very effective. The last method, which is one that I find works very well, is a bit unconventional. Stand upright and grasp the top. Imagine that you are an oak tree. While you are doing this imagine that you are putting out large roots into the earth and sucking up energy from the ground and that this energy is channelled into your grip. Now try and open the jar, you’ll find that you can probably do it.
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