{"id":27114,"date":"2020-07-27T07:20:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T07:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=27114"},"modified":"2020-07-27T07:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T07:25:04","slug":"managing-cfs-through-exercise-with-clinician-and-researcher-dr-nancy-klimas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/managing-cfs-through-exercise-with-clinician-and-researcher-dr-nancy-klimas\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing CFS through exercise with clinician and researcher Dr Nancy Klimas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Blog post and podcast<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/drruscio.com\/how-to-exercise-if-you-have-chronic-fatigue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Exercise If You Have Chronic Fatigue: Managing chronic fatigue syndrome with clinician and researcher Dr Nancy Klimas<\/a>, by Dr. Michael Ruscio, July 14, 2020<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/me-pedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Klimas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Nancy Klimas<\/a> talks to <a href=\"https:\/\/drruscio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr Michael Ruscio<\/a> about ME &amp; exercise.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients should do very short exercise sessions (1-3 minutes), raising their heart rate no more than 30 beats per minute above their normal baseline.<\/li>\n<li>Patients should rest to return heart rate to baseline between these short sessions.<\/li>\n<li>Address oxidative stress, inflammation, and cell function to treat ME\/CFS.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou can\u2019t rest your way out of this illness.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In This Episode<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27296 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr-Ruscio-radio.jpg?resize=300%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr-Ruscio-radio.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr-Ruscio-radio.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr-Ruscio-radio.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/298;\" \/>About Dr. Nancy Klimas \u2026 00:05:08<br \/>\nWhat is CFS? \u2026 00:06:07<br \/>\nIs CFS a Post-Viral Illness? \u2026 00:07:26<br \/>\nCFS Prevalence \u2026 00:09:51<br \/>\nCFS Predispositions \u2026 00:10:38<br \/>\nHow to Exercise With CFS \u2026 00:12:23<br \/>\nCFS Treatment Approach \u2026 00:20:46<br \/>\nCFS Medications and Treatment \u2026 00:24:58<br \/>\nNatural Anti-Virals \u2026\u00a000:28:40<br \/>\nNew CFS Research \u2026 00:30:57<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Exercise Tips for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Physical activity can be very difficult for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Even a small walk to the bathroom or the mailbox can leave them completely exhausted and bedridden, let alone 30 minutes of exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Klimas explained that\u00a0chronic fatigue patients have an extremely low aerobic threshold,\u00a0and understanding this is key to creating an exercise regime that doesn\u2019t leave them with a chronic fatigue flare up. \u201cThey\u2019re much better doing short, but frequent exercise than to try to go longer on endurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Exercise Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do short bouts of exercise with adequate rest in between to allow the heart rate to return to your baseline.<\/li>\n<li>Keep heart rate within 30 beats per minute of your resting heart rate.<\/li>\n<li>Let the patient be the guide.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a log to track progress and understand flares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She said, \u201cYou have to find this gentle way of moving them along and doing little short bits that they can tolerate. And then they\u2019ll become more and more confident when they don\u2019t crash, that they can do a little more\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drruscio.com\/how-to-exercise-if-you-have-chronic-fatigue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to \/ or download the podcast and read more about ME\/CFS from Dr Nancy Klimas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog post and podcast: How To Exercise If You Have Chronic Fatigue: Managing chronic fatigue syndrome with clinician and researcher Dr Nancy Klimas, by Dr. Michael Ruscio, July 14, 2020 &nbsp; Dr Nancy Klimas talks to Dr Michael Ruscio about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/managing-cfs-through-exercise-with-clinician-and-researcher-dr-nancy-klimas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[6096,1878,651,2313],"class_list":["post-27114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-dr-michael-ruscio","tag-dr-nancy-klimas","tag-exercise","tag-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-73k","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27298,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114\/revisions\/27298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}