Warped Pinky?

[Bodhammer]

Hi all. I'm getting back into bass playing after a hiatus. I have noticed my left-hand pinky is much more curled under than a few years back. I realized last night while reading here, actually, that is probably from holding an iPad and Kindle with my little finger underneath for support for long periods. I actually have a little callous on my inner joints. I have been doing exercises such as this:


I have also watched
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I think I understand what my hand shape should be, my little finger just now naturally wants to dive under my ring finger.
Other than a device detox, should I be doing anything unique to straighten it back out?

 

[Lobster11]

Well, you might be able to re-train your pinky with regular exercises, but another option might be to abandon the one-finger-per-fret technique and just use your pinky and ring finger together as a unit. Many of us do that on the lower frets anyway, and reserve OFPF for further up the fretboard.