Most people don't stop moving because they want to.
They stop because it feels sensible.
After a fall.
After an injury.
After a warning, a flare-up, or a moment of doubt.
The changes are small at first - sitting down instead of standing, avoiding certain movements, taking fewer chances. Nothing dramatic. Nothing alarming. Just sensible adjustments that feel temporary.
Why Doing Less Makes Things Worse looks at what happens when those temporary adjustments quietly become permanent.
Rather than offering advice, exercises, or motivational strategies, this book explores how reduced movement often begins long before physical decline - and how confidence, familiarity, and everyday life gradually narrow without anyone consciously deciding that they should. It examines why uncertainty is so often mistaken for limitation, why change feels sudden even when it has been unfolding for years, and why doing less can reshape the body more than most people expect.
Written in a calm, observational style, this is not a book about pushing limits or "fixing" yourself. It does not tell you what to do, how much to move, or how to improve your health. Instead, it offers a clear lens for understanding how sensible decisions accumulate over time - and how their combined effect is often attributed to ageing rather than adaptation.
For readers who have noticed that things feel different but can't quite explain why, Why Doing Less Makes Things Worse offers something rare: clarity without instruction, insight without pressure, and a way of seeing everyday movement that many people recognise immediately - once it's been named.
