We played a nice gig tonight at the Center for Cultural Exchange (at Longfellow Square). The crowd was high-energy and the band sounded great--we had a separate person doing sound for us, for once! My left hand is so, so, so close to 100% after 6 years; I can almost taste it. I think full mobility will be another year out, at year 7. Where did I read that it takes 7 years for all of the cells in your body to regenerate? Is that a weird coincidence?
The very cool thing is that, if all goes well, I will actually have better than 100% "violin mobility" since this time my left hand technique is better. I can already get through most music I need to play using far less muscle than I did before; it just takes me more time to work out what motions I need to make to be able to play it. With a few more neural pathways in gear I won't be working as hard. Come on, brain! You can do it!