Neural rerouting around injuries is fast

[mattbell]

I injured my hand slightly a couple of days ago.  The injury is such that I want to avoid using a couple of the fingers in my right hand for a few days.  I was amazed that my brain quickly and subconsciously came up with new ways of picking up and moving objects, getting dressed,  carrying out other daily tasks, and even typing, a skill that ordinarily takes a very long time to learn and one for which I have subconsciously developed a nonstandard approach I cannot verbally describe.  Accidental stresses on the hand have been very rare. 

I want to harness this sort of rapid rerouting for other types of physical motion learning such as improving posture or riding a snowboard properly. 

Comments

[integreillumine.livejournal.com]

Mm, fine motor adjustments can be very different from/faster than gross... but if you pick anything up, let me know!

[uke.livejournal.com]

To make it fast, the consequences of messing up probably need to be bad, one way or another. Also immediate.