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Fear-Avoidance Model

An overview of the Fear-Avoidance Model: how fear-based avoidance can maintain or worsen pain, anxiety, and disability, and why gradual approach-based strategies help.

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The Fear-Avoidance Model (FAM) explains how a person's beliefs and emotional response to pain, anxiety, or distress can lead to a self-perpetuating cycle of avoidance and disability.