Do no harm........

I've been struggling to get through to dad that the therapists are not going to let him down.... They are not going to let him fall, to trust in them..... What I didn't know was that in his mind it was less the fear of falling, then of trusting that he would not hurt those trying to help him... Something I had not contemplated... He is truly worried that he is accidentally going to cause an injury to one of the therapists.. This is the reason he has been resisting, and struggling with the physical therapists (doesn't explain his I'm annoyed attitude with the occupational therapist) but that is a different story..... 

So we had a long conversation on the topic..... We discussed the therapists roll and that they are trained in how to work with all varieties of patients.. That they work in tandem for a reason, that they have tools such as belts to help them move and shift patients with limited mobility...  That his resisting and pushing back with his strong right side could actually cause more harm, to both he and the therapists potentially.. He is not pushing the therapists directly rather he is using the strength in his right arm to hold himself up, pushing his body over to what his brain believes is midline.....Rather than letting the therapists move him to his true center, letting his core strength do the hard work... 

He understood but is still apprehensive and resistant to letting go.... But not because he is afraid of getting hurt himself, but rather afraid of hurting others......