It is easy to take for granted things that we are used to or expect to be there for us because they normally are all the time. I remember once when I was a teenager performing on the piano, I hurt both fourth finger ligaments on each of my hands while playing a strenuous Rachmaninoff piece. The hand specialist I met with diagnosed me with a “flexor strain” and basically commented that I would be fine after some daily hand and arm stretches and lack of usage of my hands for several weeks at least. Boy were those some weird weeks though. It was hard for me to live my life feeding myself, doing my homework, and in general even getting my clothes on or washing my hair with both my hands NOT WORKING!
It was incredible, but even with just reduced usability of my fingers (it hurt to move…
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