Honest answer, I kept trying and turned most everything I did/d a rehabilition game (Something I still do every day). Holding my coffee every day, is a therapy game I play every morning. I see how far I can get or how slow I have to walk before the rigidness on my right side causes me to spill it some. Today I made it to the ping pong room, but I cheated, I sipped it so it wouldn't be as full as I walked. ;P Another game I play is forcing my steps to be completely flat footed and fluid like my left side, without my hand and arm getting rigid, that's a tough one. I do a bunch of mental relaxation as I walk trying to relax my hand and arm, damn hard to do, haven't mastered it in almost 4 years of trying, but I still try it every day.
I also can't even beging to count how mant times I kicked the bike just trying to swing my leg over it, before I was finally able to manage it. I started with a bicycle, that was quite the adventure. Just mock release the throttle and mock roll on with anything you hold. Brush, toothbrush, empty cup, anything. Practice extending your fingers, I found stretching like you just woke up helps extend my fingers. Use your imagination and find what works for you. Working the break and throttle is a touch one. Sit on the bike, grasp the throttle and try to use the middle, ring finger to pull in the brake. That's what I did, its still the toughest challenge. Glad there is a rear break, even if its just 20% the stopping power. ;P I am on an 04 Ducati 998, Harley's seemed easier when I started.
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Gavin