I've reentered cycling after too long a time away. In the month and a half that I've been back, I seem to be making up for lost time, racking up well over 1000 MI (commuting being only a fraction of this) After my first couple of long rides I realized (again) the absolute neccessity of padded gloves as I lost nearly all feeling in my left hand- rendering it almost useless. (I am a lefty, thus I was disabled for a time, thankfully brief)

Since the gloves I'm better but for my weakened, slightly numbed small finger (pinky) to my ring finger, on my left hand that I use to brake to control my speed in heavy traffic and when I don't feel like running over someone on the sidewalk. I'm certain I've gotten into a bad habit here- that I should use all four available fingers instead of two, but given that habits are near impossible to break, is there some other alteration I might make like the position of the brake itself or ,easier, another type of cycling glove that would better protect this part of my hand? Maybe I'll just go with a (altered) regular glove for the time.

Any identification and/or suggestions on this would be appreciated!