Stretching
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Guidelines for healthy are inappropriate for ME/CFS patients, as they can often cause post-exertional relapse. For the moderately impaired, 1-2 min of gentle stretching followed by rest is recommended as an exercise. If no symptoms of post-exertional relapse have occurred after stretching, short intervals of recumbent exercise can be utilized. Treating stretching as a form of graded exercise therapy may be useful to prevent overexertion.[1]
Stretching can help prevent excessive pooling of blood, which can lead to orthostatic intolerance.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rowe, Peter C.; Underhill, Rosemary A.; Friedman, Kenneth J.; Gurwitt, Alan; Medow, Marvin S.; Schwartz, Malcolm S.; Speight, Nigel; Stewart, Julian M.; Vallings, Rosamund (2017). "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer". Frontiers in Pediatrics. 5: 121. doi:10.3389/fped.2017.00121. ISSN 2296-2360. PMC 5474682. PMID 28674681.
