What is proprioception? Proprioception is a term you may have increasingly heard thrown around by doctors and health professionals when referring to ‘body awareness’ — but what exactly does it mean and how does it affect you?
It is often referred to as the body’s sixth sense after sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. In short, it is a sense which helps inform your body where it is in space and the simplest example of it in action is when you close your eyes and touch your nose…after all, how does your finger know where your nose is?
Other familiar examples are when you play the piano (without having to look at your hands on the keys), throw a ball (without having to look at your throwing arm), and of course, practice yoga (without having to constantly look at all of your limbs).
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