When it comes to COVID-19 recovery, slow and steady is best
Rochelle De Luca knew something wasn’t quite right when she couldn’t easily walk up a hill. The 36-year-old personal trainer and co-founder of Reunion Training decided to take a COVID-19 test the next day and, just as her suspicions she was positive were confirmed, the pain started.
For Rochelle, who used to be able to do four back-to-back sessions in the gym, it took eight weeks for her to feel 80 per cent recovered.While Rochelle was double vaccinated, she hadn’t been boosted. After being concerned for days about her irregular heartbeat, she finally went to hospital on day nine when she was unable to take in a full breath.
Rochelle visited her GP the next day and was given three kinds of antibiotics. Finally, about 48 hours later, her lungs felt clearer. “But I still couldn’t go for a walk or do anything around the house. I could just sit up and breathe.” “It’s important to get moving again but you don’t want to push through,” she says. “It’s about listening to your body and not exacerbating symptoms. You want to be looking out for signs of exhaustion and excessive fatigue, as well as heart rhythm irregularities and higher levels of breathlessness than you might expect.”Parry says that once you are able to have a full conversation with someone without difficulty, start with gentle walks, yoga and day-to-day tasks such as gardening and housework.
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