Relearning Movement After Illness or Injury

After an illness or injury, the nervous system may be dealing with pain, uncertainty, fatigue, medical history, and the memory of what went wrong. A demanding exercise can sometimes confirm the feeling that the body is unreliable. A smaller exploration can do the opposite: it lets the person sense movement without having to prove anything.

This is where several neurosomatic learning strategies become practical. Slow, gentle movement, intermittent rest, attention to sensation, and carefully chosen variations create conditions in which the person can notice differences again. The progress is not always dramatic from the outside, but it can be important from within: a clearer shift of weight, an easier turn of the head, a moment of trust before standing.