Why is it almost impossible to raise your ring finger on its own, when the pinky, index, and middle finger don’t have these issues?
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This is an individual thing. I can do this just fine, and to the same extent as the others. No I have never done anything to purposely work this and make it function independently this way. Though, you can if you want. There are exercises for that. It’s just like the splits, or other physical things some can do and others can’t. It’s a mix of predetermined ability and exercise to expand it.
If you want to do it, I believe you can improve it’s independent movement by making the Vulcan sign and moving your rig finger back and forth from middle to pinky. Attempt to do it without moving your other fingers. Repeat daily. It’s all about isolating specific muscle group functions.
I had a speech impediment as a kid(I actually had like six of them lol), that was because I couldn’t isolate specific muscle groups when moving my tongue and mouth to make sounds. While it has improved to the point that I haven’t had a speech impediment for years, there are certain movements I just never learned no matter how much they tried to teach me. It happens. We have so many little individual muscles and movements in our body, that it’s no surprise we don’t learn them all.
I am a guitar and bass player and I can move all of my fingers independently. You have to invest in training your hand to do it.
Sometimes reality forgets to draw five fingers and quickly adds them on before anyone can see. But they drew them too close to the other fingers and now they don’t move right.
The tendons that control the ring finger are connected to the same muscle group as the tendons that control the middle finger, making it difficult to move the ring finger independently. In contrast, the pinky and index fingers have their own muscle groups, which allows for more independent movement.
However, by practice and training, some people can improve their ability to move the ring finger on its own.
They share a few tendons, the small muscles that are responsible for subtle movements.
They don’t exactly share s tendon, but the tendons are very closely connected. By flexing one tendon, the others tend to join