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Treatments For Disorders Of Effort - Articles
mission: exert minimum effort
by
Anne
Posted
Mon 02 Nov 2009 12:00am
I’m really unenthusiastic about cooking this week. I think it’s mostly because so many of the things I tried last week totally flopped. I’m much more encouraged to try new recipes when they are a success rather than a total disaster.
Maybe I’m exaggerating, but the crockpot meal I made did not turn out. It was a recipe for cheesy ...
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Post-Exertional Malaise - Complete Series
by
Sue J.
Posted
Mon 20 Sep 2010 5:25am
There was such a wonderful response to my posting of Jennie Spotilla's article series on Post-Exertional Malaise last week! Glad you found her articles as valuable and informative as I did.
Jennie let me know over the weekend that there was a fourth article that I missed, so here's a link to the full 4-part series on Post-Exertional Malaise
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Heart Rate and Post-Exertional Crashes in CFS
by
Sue J.
Posted
Thu 03 Feb 2011 7:12pm
in the last couple of months about how monitoring heart rate can help someone with ME/CFS to avoid post-exertional crashes. At the end of last year, I posted a link to an excellent... much medical jargon.
Why Do We Crash After Exertion?
We all know that one of the biggest and worst parts of ME/CFS is the exercise intolerance, also known as post-exertional
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Monitoring Heart Rate to Avoid Post-Exertional Crashes
by
Sue J.
Posted
Wed 10 Nov 2010 6:19am
Fellow CFS blogger Lee Lee alerted me to this excellent article about how to monitor your heart rate in order to help stay within your limits and avoid post-exertional crashes.
Although I have long understood the importance of avoiding aerobic exercise with CFS, this article provides some very specific tips about how to figure out where your
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Excellent Articles on Post-Exertional Malaise
by
Sue J.
Posted
Fri 17 Sep 2010 7:29am
, I thought I'd share some really excellent articles on Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) by Jennie Spotilla a former CFS blogger and member of the CFIDS Association's Board of Directors. Jennie is a wonderful writer and did a fabulous job researching, interviewing, and writing this 3-part article series
Part 1: Unraveling Post-exertional Malaise
Part 2
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Garlic Exerts Protective Effect Against Hip Osteoarthritis
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WorldHealth.net
Posted
Sat 08 Jan 2011 12:34am
there is no effective treatment other than pain relief and, ultimately, joint replacement. Frances Williams, from King’s College London (United Kingdom), and colleagues completed detailed..., may exert neuroprotective effects, in a laboratory model of ALS.
Beets Improve Active Living
UK team reports that beetroot juice
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"Post-exertional Malaise" aka feeling really crap
by
Jozephine
Posted
Fri 19 Jun 2009 5:42pm
One thing that's good about the term 'post-exertional malaise' is that it doesn't contain the word 'fatigue'. The day before yesterday I chased my dog up a steep incline... before this post-exertional crap feeling sets in. After all, exercise is supposed to be good for you right? The only explanation I can think of for the delay is that it takes
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A 58 year old women presents with episodes of "greying out" with exertion
by
JASON WINTER
Posted
Mon 14 Jun 2010 6:33am
Here's great case submitted by Dr John M
A 58 year old women presents with episodes of "greying out" with exertion. She has had a slightly higher than usual heart rate for a few days, but of late, any exertion brings on near syncopal episodes.
Past history includes long-standing atrial fibrillation. In the past two years, she has had two left
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