It's taken me two years of TLC for myself (diet, rest, supplements and retraining) to get back to pre-COVID cognitive and physical endurance levels. I hope that my insights might be useful for you. Stay in touch!
Can you say more about what you mean by “retraining”? Are you referring to brain retraining? If so, is there a particular approach or program you’d recommend?
There, I was referring to physical training due to being badly deconditioned after months of inactivity. Once I had gotten the healing started with my mitochondria, gradually increasing exercise worked well.
However, I also had the benefits of brain (whole nervous system) retraining by way of being a qigong practitioner and teacher in training. At times during LC I had to limit the amount of qigong or even do it seated or lying down. I have no question in my mind that without it, my recovery would have been more difficult.
If you go to the post on Stress, focus on two opportunities for brain retraining. One is to cultivate a mindset of safety. At the bottom of the page there are several links that relate to retraining the nervous system. The other is to engage in meditative movement (qigong). Most of the links that I've provided are free.
Here's a point that I made: Combining meditation with movement, [I did] The 8 Brocades Qigong Practice with Mimi Kuo-Deemer. ... Healthful and builds vitality and endurance.
If it would be useful, I would be happy to do a post of the neuro-immune benefits of qigong/meditative movement practice. Just let me know.
(free download) If you begin here, you will gain a good deal of insight. Keep in mind that the subjects in this study had assigned qigong practices each week. Active participation was a requirement of inclusion... ie, one can't just be aware that these exercises exists. Doing the practices is what improves health, including especially the health of the entire nervous system (in my opinion).
After reading them, get back in touch. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks for this. Looking forward to reading it as my recovery has stalled ... again.
How are you doing now? Any thoughts on what makes a difference between being stuck and making progress toward recovery?
Hi David,
When you have the energy, I would also recommend reading TLC for Mitochondria, https://longcovidjourney2wellness.substack.com/p/long-covid-tlc-for-mitochondria
and Learning to feel safe https://longcovidjourney2wellness.substack.com/p/long-covid-learning-to-feel-safe
It's taken me two years of TLC for myself (diet, rest, supplements and retraining) to get back to pre-COVID cognitive and physical endurance levels. I hope that my insights might be useful for you. Stay in touch!
Can you say more about what you mean by “retraining”? Are you referring to brain retraining? If so, is there a particular approach or program you’d recommend?
Hi Rebecca,
There, I was referring to physical training due to being badly deconditioned after months of inactivity. Once I had gotten the healing started with my mitochondria, gradually increasing exercise worked well.
However, I also had the benefits of brain (whole nervous system) retraining by way of being a qigong practitioner and teacher in training. At times during LC I had to limit the amount of qigong or even do it seated or lying down. I have no question in my mind that without it, my recovery would have been more difficult.
If you go to the post on Stress, focus on two opportunities for brain retraining. One is to cultivate a mindset of safety. At the bottom of the page there are several links that relate to retraining the nervous system. The other is to engage in meditative movement (qigong). Most of the links that I've provided are free.
Here's a point that I made: Combining meditation with movement, [I did] The 8 Brocades Qigong Practice with Mimi Kuo-Deemer. ... Healthful and builds vitality and endurance.
If it would be useful, I would be happy to do a post of the neuro-immune benefits of qigong/meditative movement practice. Just let me know.
Thanks so much for that extensive explanation, and resources. I would love to know more about the neuroimmune benefits of that type of activity.
There are specific outcomes shown in the article that I mentioned. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00067/full
Here's a link to an open access peer reviewed article that describes the use of meditative movement (qigong) in a clinical trial that we ran out of Dartmouth. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00067/full
(free download) If you begin here, you will gain a good deal of insight. Keep in mind that the subjects in this study had assigned qigong practices each week. Active participation was a requirement of inclusion... ie, one can't just be aware that these exercises exists. Doing the practices is what improves health, including especially the health of the entire nervous system (in my opinion).
After reading them, get back in touch. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Thank you, Mardi. Much appreciated.