On the cfsknowledgecenter website there has just been a video put up by Nancy Klimas on the importance of implementing a safe exercise program for people with M.E. She, as I am sure many people know, advocates doing exercise within your aerobic limit. One can establish this best by doing a VOX test, although I think one can also use a heart rate monitor to get a rough guess at what's one limit is.
What concerns me is that on the video Klimas says that if we don't exercise, we will get worse. I can see the advice on doing brief exercise episodes within one's limits when moderately affected is incredibly helpful advice. However, I don't know how one with severe M.E incorporates her advice. Firstly, if you are bedridden, or spending a lot of time flat on the sofa and bed, I don't see how you could possibly manage doing a vox test. Secondly, if your limit is literally one leg raise, how on earth do you establish a program? I find it a bit worrying that she says you will get worse if you don't exercise, when you are too ill even to manage basic stretches etc..
Any thoughts much appreciated.
What concerns me is that on the video Klimas says that if we don't exercise, we will get worse. I can see the advice on doing brief exercise episodes within one's limits when moderately affected is incredibly helpful advice. However, I don't know how one with severe M.E incorporates her advice. Firstly, if you are bedridden, or spending a lot of time flat on the sofa and bed, I don't see how you could possibly manage doing a vox test. Secondly, if your limit is literally one leg raise, how on earth do you establish a program? I find it a bit worrying that she says you will get worse if you don't exercise, when you are too ill even to manage basic stretches etc..
Any thoughts much appreciated.