Our founder, on the occasion of our 10 year anniversary, chats about why she set up the company, what she is most proud of and the significance of the name Vitality360.

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.

The current COVID-19 pandemic is a stressful experience for us all in its various forms of suffering, disruption to our lives and the uncertainty it’s generating.

This article contains my 6 tips for dealing with overwhelm.

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

We have been working with post-Covid-19 Syndrome (PC19S) from the moment we realised persistent fatigue was an issue in Covid-19. Since then, as well as having our own caseload of long Covid patients, we have developed a partnership with the University of East Anglia (UEA) and created a research study, contributed to national guidance, led training programmes, have offered supervision for healthcare professionals, and are delivering early intervention programmes and return to work programmes. In this blog our founder/director and Specialist Physiotherapist offers her insights from a clinical perspective.

In this blog, our expert team of specialist clinicians talks about:

• How we are drawing together our experience to date of those presenting with long-tail symptoms such as breathlessness, anxiety, and fatigue following a COVID-19 infection.

• How we have been successfully treating clients with post-viral fatigue syndrome for ten years.

• News of our exciting research proposal looking at recovery from the COVID-19 virus.

In this blog we talk to someone who has had post-viral fatigue and how this has impacted her mental health. Our Clinical Psychologist also offers some advice and strategies to support coping with the impact of this debilitating fatigue.

As we enter another lockdown to manage the pandemic, this strange world of shut down and self-isolation brings with it, continuing uncertainty and worry. It is a difficult time for all, but has special worries and challenges for people with chronic health problems. This is a time to focus on skills and strategies to meet those challenges and even thrive though Covid19.

We enjoyed our experience at the first virtual Case Management Society conference. We shared our expertise on long-Covid recovery in a short presentation during it on our virtual stand.

Anxiety and an over-adrenalised ‘wired but tired’ state are very common, especially in our increasingly blue-lit world of technology and perpetual doing-ness. One of our team who has fatigue, shares her tried and tested top tips for dealing with a racing mind at bedtime too.

In this article for Top Doctors, one of our referrers Dr. Gerald Coakley discusses what is new in our understanding of post-COVID-19 fatigue and shares suggestions for what people with ongoing fatigue symptoms can access for support.

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

For some people, a serious virus such as COVID-19 can result in prolonged symptoms such as fatigue during recovery. This can make it very difficult to return to work in the same manner as prior to being off sick. Its vital that all activity is resumed in a gradual manner to make it sustainable during a recovery phased and this article offers ideas from our specialist Careers Consultant, on how to consider and negotiate a return to work pathway that included considerations like a phased return or flexible working for example.

This is a copy of a blog published through Generali UK as part of their wellbeing programme. It was produced following a webinar that Vitality360 did for their employees and examines the causes of burnout and what can be done to prevent it especially during this time of lockdown and remote working.

How do we find balance in our topsy turvy lockdown lives? Here we present one of the tools that we use to consider the different aspects of our lives and what we can and can’t choose to prioritise.

In this blog, we address the relationship between viral infections such as covid-19 and fatigue symptoms and the potential for longer-term impacts such as post-viral fatigue. We collate some of the latest research/articles on this topic and draw together, from our clinical specialism in this field of fatigue, our advice for how to manage fatigue at the acute phase of illness and subsequently.

In this blog, some of our team who are having to adapt as many are to having kids at home following the closure of the schools, share some of their tips on how to deal with this.

I have fallen into many unhelpful traps working at home and thought I would share these with you with some of my own solutions!!

Here are some tips on small ways in which we can take care of our selves and all our needs during this time of lockdown, restrictions and attendant uncertainty.

The evidence for the impact of physical activity on health is compelling and the breadth of the impact is becoming clearer over time. The UK guidelines for Physical Activity were updated in 2019, and emphasised the fact that even small increases in physical activity can make a notable difference to health.