Covid, RSV and influenza require a thoughtful approach to rebooting exercise because they tend to cause whole-body inflammation. Experts share how to return safely.
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Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Covid, RSV and influenza require a thoughtful approach to rebooting exercise because they tend to cause whole-body inflammation. Experts share how to return safely.
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Striving for fitness is usually healing. But for most people with long COVID, it can be toxic.
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A subgroup of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 remain symptomatic over three months after infection. A distinctive symptom of patients with long COVID is post-exertional malaise, which is associated with a worsening of fatigue- and pain-related symptoms after acute mental or physical exercise, but its underlying pathophysiology is unclear. With this longitudinal case-control study (NCT05225688), we provide new insights into the pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise in patients with long COVID. We show that skeletal muscle structure is associated with a lower exercise capacity in patients, and local and systemic metabolic disturbances, severe exercise-induced myopathy and tissue infiltration of amyloid-containing deposits in skeletal muscles of patients with long COVID worsen after induction of post-exertional malaise. This study highlights novel pathways that help to understand the pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise in patients suffering from long COVID and other post-infectious diseases. In this longitudinal, case-controlled, cohort design study, authors show that post-exertional malaise is associated with severe exercise-induced myopathy, local and systemic metabolic disturbances and infiltration of amyloid-containing deposits in skeletal muscles of patients with long COVID.
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It was early March 2020 when Seattle, where I live, shut down very quickly due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We knew change was imminent.
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But learning how to rest properly is important, and not just when it comes to COVID recovery; rest is a recommended treatment for nearly everything that wears your body down, from the common cold to burnout. It’s recently become a key form of self-care for me personally: After testing positive for mononucleosis in early September and dealing with months of persistent and ongoing fatigue, brain fog, and muscle aches, I’ve become even more aware of the ways in which rest is both extremely necessary and incredibly difficult.
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A new study found that exercise, in almost any amount, reduced people’s risks of being hospitalized or dying of covid.
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Pushing yourself too hard and too early can set your COVID recovery back.
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Exercisers who were vaccinated were about 25 percent less likely to be hospitalized with covid than sedentary people who got the same vaccine, a study finds.
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How does stress impact the body’s ability to fight infection?
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I know a runner, a fighter, a coach are still in me. But I don’t feel like her any more
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If you suffer from anxiety, depression or loneliness or feel stressed or worry frequently about Covid-19, you may be at higher risk of developing long Covid, a new study found.
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Evidence is growing there are changes to your immune system that may put you at risk of other infectious diseases.
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Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.
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Doctors sound alarm about patients in their 30s and 40s left debilitated or dead by strokes. Some didn’t even know they were infected by coronavirus.
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More of us are working out from home post-COVID. There are ways to help you stick to your exercise routine without a gym instructor.
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How much of the air you're breathing is air someone else exhaled? And in the midst of a pandemic caused by an airborne virus, where are the riskiest places to be?
Gyms don't come out looking good. Open those windows!
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Physicians around the world are using a five-stage protocol to guide athletes back to training.
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No, you’re not imagining it. Your feet may be wider or longer and your shoes stiffer.
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Several superspreader events have occurred at indoor gym classes since 2020. This new study may help explain why.
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Evidence suggests that Covid survivors have substantially higher chances of developing cardiovascular disease. But experts say there are effective ways to minimize the risk.
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There could be nasty bacteria growing between the bristles, or if it's really old, it's probably not giving your teeth a thorough clean. Here's what you need to know about changing your toothbrush and how to keep it clean.
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Sales of vitamins are booming in pandemic times. But is there any evidence that vitamin and mineral supplements can protect you from COVID or help you recover from infection?
Little evidence and Potentially harmful.
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For personal trainer Rochelle De Luca, who used to be able to do back-to-back gym sessions, it took eight weeks for her to feel 80 per cent recovered.