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Is there any evidence that deconditioning alone causes pain and fatigue?
How can one be sure there is nothing else?
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Is there any evidence that deconditioning alone causes pain and fatigue?
Haven't seen that one cited by proponents of the biopsychosocial model...
Something that's just randomly occurred to me is what we don't get. When I was in hospital for a couple of days last month for cholecystectomy, they put compression socks on me. I think this is standard when you're going to be on bedrest for even a short time because of the risk of DVT and stroke. I don't know how common those actually are with standard patients on bedrest, but I've never heard of them happening with ME patients, not even the ones who are totally bedbound.
This is one of the biggest damages that the proponents of the BPS models caused, in my opinion.
They created a cynical simplistic and grotesque image of what bio-psycho-social really is with their "one size fits all" approach.
I would say however, that the longterm benefits of exercise can outweigh some short-/midterm problems they cause in some of us.
Something that's just randomly occurred to me is what we don't get. When I was in hospital for a couple of days last month for cholecystectomy, they put compression socks on me. I think this is standard when you're going to be on bedrest for even a short time because of the risk of DVT and stroke. I don't know how common those actually are with standard patients on bedrest, but I've never heard of them happening with ME patients, not even the ones who are totally bedbound.
I think people can tell the difference when it's deconditioning-related fatigue.
Thanks, I've seen that one quoted too, by someone hoping to imply that means deconditioining reduces pain tolerance, but the deconditioning version of that experiment doesn't seem to have been done. In any case that would change pain thresholds, not cause pain itself.To the original poster. I do think I remember seeing a study on exercise increasing pain tollerance at some point.
This large group of CFS patients had evidence of physical and cardiovascular de-conditioning, suggesting that in these patients a graded exercise programme could lead to physical reconditioning and could increase their ability to perform physical activities.