Fear can be a powerful emotion, which can help keep us safe, but conversely, can stop us from doing things in life. Over the decades we build up emotional and physical layers, like the skins of an onion, from our experiences, both good and bad. These layers can change the way we see life and affect the way we move. They ‘shape’ us!

Trying something new and challenging can bring up fears related to previous experiences that cause our body to go into protection mode. Our main instinct, after all, is to survive. Knowing whether this ‘protection mode’ is helping us or hindering us, is key.  
When I was in pain and feared many movements, one of the main things that scared me was falling and damaging myself more. I was in my early 40s and previously very active, so feeling fear of basic movements I had taken for granted, something I knew elderly people often felt, made me feel like I’d skipped forward decades and that scared me more! 
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One of the ways to work with our fear of falling, is to set ourselves up for success. Improving your confidence in your general movement ability leads to being more relaxed in our movements and giving us great confidence to try new things. Instead of finding ourselves frozen in unexpectedly difficult situations, like suddenly slidy or icy surfaces, stepping on to a moving platform (e.g. a boat), having to climb over or go under something that’s fallen across our path or harder challenges, we feel capable and even confident. 
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To read on about how we can help reduce our fear of falling, go to the top of my link in my bio, the link in today’s stories or at the Reclaim Movement blog page: reclaimmovement.co.uk/blog





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