We recently ran a partnership webinar for health professionals alongside Affinity Health at work where we shared our expertise on the complexities of supporting those with post-covid-19 syndrome/long covid with returning to work. This blog is a summary of this event with some strategies utilising recent case stories and research findings on the collaborative approach that’s needed.

Several of our team members have ME/CFS and associated pain, and as part of our 10-year anniversary, we gathered together their top strategies for learning to live well with fatigue which they share here.

Some of our clinicians were recently at the first on line BACME conference. Read their reflections here.

It’s that time of year again when I decide that the moment has come to create a list of intentions and resolutions. Once the initial momentum of a shiny, fresh new year has dissolved into the relentless greyness of January and February it can be only a matter of time before the resolutions are pretty much discarded amidst a haze of vague guilt. With the renewed lockdown in response to the pandemic as we enter 2021; perhaps this is more of a challenge than previously.

In this blog, our specialist Physiotherapist examines the benefits and precautions required when introducing physical activity during a period of post-viral fatigue.

Is a good sex life possible when living with Persistent Pain?

Many of our clients say it is but it may require a bit of preparation, planning and a willingness to try something a bit different.

As someone who has had a chronic illness with debilitating fatigue and pain for over 16 years, I can find this time of new year resolutions and the general optimism associated with these difficult to be around. I might want to improve my health but keeping it realistic to my limitations can be challenging.

Irritable bowel syndrome, (IBS), is very common and can be really debilitating and can be much worse following festive indulgence.  Gut symptoms vary, but typically include abdominal pain, bloating, wind, nausea, diarrhoea and/or constipation. For some, the symptoms can be so severe that it stops or curtails every day and social activity.

Firstly, think about whether you have to say yes!

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing, consider going for part of the event

I have heard so many clients with Pain and fatigue saying they no longer have friends over because it is exhausting. When I ask them more about this the answer is almost always the same. By the time I have cleaned the house, gone shopping and cooked dinner I have no energy left to enjoy talking to my friends.

GET' stands for 'Graded Exercise Therapy'. It is an approach for building physical activity in a person's life by being consistent, making gradual changes and responding to setbacks. It can be used as a treatment for people with physical injuries, persistent pain, fatigue, mild depression and other medical conditions.