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The original was posted on /r/covidlonghaulers by /u/kingofwesteros47 on 2023-09-07 17:19:36.

I did not exercise for 2 months, then slowly worked my way back to it. When I exercise now, my symptoms reduce dramatically for several hours afterwards. I do not experience any crash.

If you experience flu-like symptoms after exercising (PEM), you should stop. But if you don’t, I believe it is a vital part of recovery.

I believe this needs to be said because too many people here assume that long covid is all CFS and thus exercise is bad. It can be… but for many of us, it helps.