๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—— – ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜.
There are a number of us that are either recovering from it, have got it or are going to get it so we thought it important to share this guideline about restarting training.
If you donโ€™t read past this point the key thing is to ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š ๐—š๐—”๐— ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž.
๐—œ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†
– Rest hard and rest early – don’t keep training in the hope that you don’t have it
– Sleep, fluids etc – all those things to help your body to fight the infection and recover
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
– Don’t rush back
– Guidelines say at least 10 days of rest and recovery after being initially diagnosed and at least 7 days symptom-free before starting any light exercise
– Professional sports teams are treating the return to play component like a head injury. Slowly increasing intensity over 3 days once the 7 days symptom free period has occurred.
– Some people may need longer than 10days – 10 days is the minimum for those with mild symptoms.
– There are 3 different strands of Covid-19 that we know of that are all slightly different and everyone reacts slightly differently. You may feel recovered but be patient donโ€™t rush back.
– Listen to your body – Don’t downplay it or take it lightly
– Taking time to recover properly decreases the chance of Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), Post Viral Fatigue, and Long Covid.
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