{"id":39219,"date":"2023-05-11T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=39219"},"modified":"2023-05-11T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:18:16","slug":"safe-long-covid-me-cfs-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/safe-long-covid-me-cfs-rehabilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Long COVID &#038; ME\/CFS rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Safe Long COVID Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>a video from Long COVID Physio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Physiotherapists living with Long COVID have produced a short video [5 mins 15] for fellow physios explaining the importance of providing safe rehabilitation for people with LC and ME\/CFS.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Safe Long COVID Rehabilitation\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4pWZg_epDkg\" width=\"772\" height=\"434\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rehabilitation<\/strong> aims to reduce the impact of a health condition on a person&#8217;s life by trying to manage, maintain or improve functioning and prevent or reduce experiences of disability.<\/p>\n<p>Rehabilitation must be <strong>person centred<\/strong>, goal centred and individualised to people&#8217;s symptoms, health challenges and disability.<\/p>\n<p>Some rehabilitation approaches cause harm. <a href=\"https:\/\/me-pedia.org\/wiki\/Graded_exercise_therapy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Graded Exercise Therapy<\/strong><\/a>, a clinician supervised gradual increase in physical activity or exercise over time worsens symptoms and decreases functioning in people with post-exertional symptom exacerbation such as Myalgic encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or long COVID.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To ensure we do no harm<\/strong> in Long Covid rehabilitation we must continuously screen and monitor for post exertion or symptom exacerbation or post-exertional malaise and promote the message of the ME\/CFS community to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meaction.net\/stoprestpace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Stop, Rest and Pace<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of<strong> safe rehabilitation<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>providing education about the importance of therapeutic rest and sleep<\/li>\n<li>skills training on pacing to manage activities and energy levels<\/li>\n<li>help to use heart rate monitoring<\/li>\n<li>support developing an activity management plan within energy limits to minimise symptoms<\/li>\n<li>finding ways to respond quickly to flare-ups or relapses<\/li>\n<li>providing equipment and training in the use of equipment to reduce the number and severity of relapses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out about<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/longcovid.physio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Covid Physio<\/a> and other videos and articles<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safe Long COVID Rehabilitation a video from Long COVID Physio &nbsp; 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