Bart's Therapy: CBT but not as we know it

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Thank you Dolphin.


Us Barts patients KNOW what Barts is really about - we have been abandoned without medical support, no relevent testing, and our Consultants refuse to answer our letters, and refuse to give us medical evidence for Sickness Benefits.

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From:

Physiotherapy
Volume 87, Issue 11 , Page 613, November 2001
Pacing and Exercise in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Tamara James, MCSP

‘Graded exercise’ or functional activity is best started at a baseline set by the patients that is also manageable on days of increased symptoms. From there they build up systematically at a predetermined rate that they feel is manageable. This is preferable to a symptom-contingent pattern (only doing activities when symptoms or worries are diminished, avoiding them when they are increased) that means the symptoms control their activity. The use of relaxation, both formally and incorporated into difficult activities, is also beneficial to help manage symptoms and for its energysaving function.

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Tamara James
MCSP
CFS Service
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
London