Helping a Young Athlete Who Is Afraid of Getting Hurt

5 days ago

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A young athlete who was fearless last season and is now flinching from contact, pulling out of tackles or landing stiffly after a jump is showing a recognisable pattern. Sports medicine calls it kinesiophobia, fear of movement, and it usually has a cause, most often an injury or a scare, sometimes seen rather than experienced. The research on it is mostly in adults returning from injury, but its lessons transfer to the nervous teenager on the sideline.

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