As I was so abysmal at juggling, or even throwing a ball ten inches high, I decided to try a totally different task; to move my fingers individually whilst laying my hands palms down on the arms of my chair. Only one finger could move at any one time. I managed only the first, second and last finger on my right hand, and first and last finger on the left.
If I hadn’t seen a documentary on TV once about a mother with no arms feeding her baby and peeling carrots with her feet (on separate occasions of course!) I’d never have believed it was possible to train digits to do something they’re not used to! But remembering that woman spurred me on.
I became really competitive, and whenever I had a spare moment, I’d be trying to move my weakest fingers. Amazingly, after only two hours of trying to move the third finger on my right hand, I did it! All of one whole millimetre!
Within a day I could move all my fingers independently of each other, and the next day I tried moving my third and weakest fingers on both hands so that they moved from side to side, touching the middle and last fingers alternately.
This was really hard to do, but as I could see marginal imrovement each time, it was enough encouragement to continue. I had to consciously keep telling myslef to relax my shoulders, or not to tense up my whole arms! it seemed easier, the more I relaxed.
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