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Simone Biles and ‘the Twisties’: How Fear Affects Safety in Gymnasts

By Simone Biles — 2021

If her brain won’t play along with what her body knows how to do, she could be seriously injured.

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What is Psychosomatic?

The term ‘psychosomatic’ means mind and body related. A psychosomatic disorder is a physical disease which is caused, or worsened, by mental factors. The term is also used when mental factors cause physical symptoms but where there is no physical disease.

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