Dr Ro SmithAug 29, 2023

Cannot stress this enough: if you think you have Long COVID: DO NOT EXERCISE.

I know it feels like you can, but post-exertional malaise means that the damage you do when you exercise you may not feel for a day or two. Exercising makes you WORSE. It causes damaging chemical reactions. And the first six months (when you probably haven't got a diagnosis) are your best shot at recovery, but only if you REST. Completely.

I despair when I see people say they think they have LC and then go jogging.

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this has gone outside my circle, so just for info: my doctorate is in philosophy, my medical knowledge comes from having had ME/CFS for 11 years and long COVID since April 2020, and reading a lot of research this year.

Follow RemissionBiome on Twitter for frequent detailed info about LC and ME/CFS research. haha, yes, I know, Twitter, but they won't come to Mastodon - a lot of disabled people have entrenched communities over there and not a lot of spoons to learn about 'instances' etc.

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I'm muting this thread now.
Aug 30, 2023 at 12:22amWeb