With COVID quarantine rules largely repealed, some people are feeling pressure to rush back to work, school, or other activities after testing positive for COVID.
If your symptoms are mild, you may want to continue working (remotely) despite being infected and quickly return to your regular exercise program to avoid losing fitness.
But while we may be accustomed to bouncing back quickly after other viruses, we should be more careful with COVID. Aside from the risk of infection, excessive exercise could exacerbate and prolong her COVID symptoms.
Pushing too hard can cause it to back off
Clinical guidelines recommend getting plenty of rest when diagnosed with COVID. Recovering too quickly or too quickly from her initial COVID infection can slow progress.
About four in five people with COVID have mild symptoms and recover within a month, while others may take months or longer.
If symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath persist for more than three months, it is called long-term COVID. Up to 89% of long-term COVID-19 residents experience post-exercise fatigue, where excessive physical or mental activity exacerbates symptoms such as fatigue and triggers new symptoms such as pain and anxiety doing.
So you tested positive for COVID. How can you tell if you are well enough to return to your normal routine?
Here are five tips.
1) over time
If you don’t feel well, use your right to paid time off. If you have paid time off, even a day or two is a good time to relax and unwind.
While it may be tempting to return to work quickly after COVID, if you work in a high-risk environment such as health, disability or elderly care, avoid attending work for at least seven days. Workers are advised to isolate until symptoms resolve.
Read more: How to manage COVID without rules? Keep testing and stay home if positive
If you feel tired but want to get back to work, start with half a day or work for a few hours and then ramp up to your normal workload.
2) Pace, Plan, Priorities
Pacing, planning and prioritizing are key during COVID symptoms.
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Pace yourself by breaking your activity into smaller, more manageable tasks with breaks in between
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plan activities in advance
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Prioritize what you need to do over what you want to do.
If you are struggling with fatigue while recovering from COVID, referral to an occupational or physical therapist can provide additional strategies for managing this condition.
3) Wait 7 days for symptoms to go away before exercising
While you may feel ready to start exercising once your symptoms subside, it’s important to wait until your COVID symptoms are gone for at least 7 days to avoid over-exercising.
Start with light intensity exercises that make you feel like you can breathe easily, keep talking, and stay active for hours. At first she is 10-15 minutes.
Exercise again only when you feel recovered from the previous day’s exercise without new or worsening symptoms such as fatigue or pain.
Read more: Recovering fitness after COVID infection can be difficult.5 things to keep in mind before you start exercising again
4) Ask for help
Consider stopping by a friend or family member if you experience more severe symptoms from COVID. They may be able to get paid care leave if they need to care for someone with COVID, or her two days of unpaid care leave for casual his workers.
If you’re having trouble managing your health or other financial pressures, contact your financial institution to discuss a payment plan.
If you work in a high-risk environment such as health, disability or elderly care, you may be entitled to additional government assistance to help you through the period of COVID-related inability to work.
5) Know when to see your healthcare provider
If you are over 70 (or over 50 with additional risks, or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander over 30 with additional risks), talk to your doctor about antiviral medications as soon as you test positive for COVID. Please consult. Antiviral medications reduce her chances of hospitalization with severe COVID and ideally he takes within 5 days of diagnosis.
If you’re managing COVID at home, use our symptom checker to see if you need medical advice for your condition.
Read more: 6 steps to plan for COVID before you get sick
If symptoms persist after your initial COVID infection, make an appointment with your doctor to monitor your condition and refer to other health care professionals as needed to help manage your symptoms.
While there are currently no drugs to treat COVID symptoms such as fatigue, exercise-based health professionals, such as physical therapists, can set up an exercise program and advance it accordingly to reduce fatigue and reduce shortness of breath. We can help.
Mahatma Gandhi was right when he said ‘Health is your true wealth’ so be kind to yourself as you recover from COVID.