When Movement Feels Unsafe: Rebuilding Trust in Your Body

If your body has let you down — through dislocations, flares, fainting, pain, or fatigue — it’s hard to feel safe moving.

Even simple activities can trigger fear:
What if I dislocate again?
What if I crash after this?
What if this makes it worse?

This fear is valid. And it’s common in patients with hypermobility, EDS, dysautonomia, or trauma history.

Your brain is doing its job (too well)

Your nervous system remembers danger. So when movement has led to harm before, it sends out early warning signals: tension, hesitation, pain, even panic.

This is protective — but not always accurate.

How PT helps rebuild trust

At Connective Care Physical Therapy, we focus on:

• Consent-first sessions where you stay in control

• Tiny movement experiments that feel safe and successful

• Proprioceptive input to update your brain’s body map

• Regulation strategies to lower the threat level

This is slow work — but meaningful. Your body isn’t broken. It’s trying to protect you.

You deserve care that helps you feel safe again — not pushed past your limits.
[Give us a call at (631) 448-3764 or email at diana@connectivecarept.com]