Fear of falling

teeny bit of a tangent.

In the first part of our conversation, episode 248, I mentioned something about the fear of falling.

I think the fear does more damage than we often think about.

We don't realize what it's doing to us.

Not without attention and care, but yes, without paralyzing fear that limits the scope of our lives.

The encouraging part is that the fear responds to those same treatment programs as the balance skills themselves, which is great.

When researchers study those exercise programs, less fear of falling turns up as an outcome right alongside getting better at withstanding what could be a fall.

So we don't just practice getting steadier, we get less afraid, which is amazing.