ELI5, what is proprioception
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It’s all of the many senses that, used together, help you know where you and all of your limbs are. If your body rotates forward or to the side, your inner ear’s vestibular organs will sense it. If someone bends your arm, your skin and muscles will sense it. If the horizon moves, your eyes see it. Your brain takes in all of these signals and combines them into a picture of how you’re moving and where all of the bits of you are. This means that when you stumble, you can throw out a leg to catch yourself because your brain knows roughly where your foot probably is, how you’re angled, how far you’re falling, etc.
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