Why confidence can change recovery

Norma Besniard

Aug 3

1 min read

One thing that interested me a lot was learning about self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is basically how much someone believes they are capable of doing something.

During recovery, this can matter because patients are asked to exercise, move again, and slowly return to normal activities. Two people might be physically able to do the same thing, but one might feel much more confident trying it.

I learned that confidence does not replace physical rehabilitation, but it can be an important part of how someone approaches recovery. This made me think that understanding what a patient believes they can do may be just as interesting as looking at what they physically can do.

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