Long-Covid and diet… our specialist Dietician offers her reflections on this hotly debated topic

• What is an anti-inflamatory diet?

• Signs of malnutrition

• Is the gut microbe important?

• What about histamine intolerance?

• Why work with a dietician?

Grounding techniques can help us to self-regulate when we are feeling overwhelmed with strong emotions, unwanted thoughts or memories or when we feel disconnected. Grounding can help to distract us from what we're experiencing and refocus on the present moment which can decrease the intensity of our emotional state and enable the body to calm itself. In this blog, we list three different types of grounding, you may find that one of these works better for you, or that a combination of each is helpful.

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.

A high percentage of clients we are seeing with Long Covid describe cognitive dysfunction as one of the main symptoms they are continuing to experience. In this blog our Careers and Employment Consultant and our Executive Manager/Occupational Therapist explore what it means to be debilitated like this and how to manage it especially in relation to returning or sustaining work.

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.

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 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.

It’s fair to say that it is has been something of a peculiar year, and this festive season will likely continue in the same vein. Modern technology has allowed us to stay connected during the pandemic, but it also has a habit of setting up addictive patterns of ‘doing’ and achievement. So how can we switch off in a way that will be restorative for our bodies and minds, and help us to embrace the ongoing challenges of the pandemic with resource and resilience? In this blog we offer some tried and tested approaches and strategies -some simple steps for switiching off from work!

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.

Here our specialist Dietician considers whether diet can help with post-viral fatigue. What evidence is there? What things should I be considering to stay well? Am I drinking enough?

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.

Having access to remote contact via internet platforms has great benefits at this time of lockdown and it can also bring some challenges. This blog offers some aspects to bear in mind with our use of them especially if we are using them a lot with work and social activities.