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The Neuroscience of Juggling
I am suffering from a serious amount of brain fog and problems with balancing (feelings of disequilibrium).  I often feel like I am going to fall when walking down steps.  Additionally  my hands and feet go numb, so I am looking for ways to boost my circulation in my extremities.  

I recently learned juggling can improve brain health  - no kidding. There are journal articles that show  how juggling is used as a rehabilitation intervention (see links below). Juggling increases gray matter in the brain.  Gray matter is like a railway station while white matter is like the lines connecting the stations.  It turns out that gray and white matter properties are associated with learning any complex motor skill.

It took me about 95 days to be able to sustain a 3-ball cascade.  I started with two scarfs and two balls and gradually progressed to a 3 ball cascade.  The bottom line has juggling helped with my brain fog?  I think so.  My Reading comprehension is still zilch. I have noticed my hands don't fall asleep as much as they use too.  Besides juggling I have been doing balancing exercises plus some calisthenics (pistol squats).  This has helped with my feelings of disequilibrium.

There have been numerous studies showing the benefits of brain health from juggling below are a couple of links.
"The Neuroscience of Juggling"
https://tradingatoms.com/2016/03/29/the-neuroscience-of-juggling/​

"Gray matter volume is associated with rate of subsequent skill learning after a long term training intervention"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24680712/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24680712/

"Interindividual differences in gray and white matter properties are associated with early complex motor skill acquisition"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31264300/

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