ME/CFS, much better and walking 90 minutes a day with walking sticks
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jul 2025
In their words
- At worst: Mild
I am currently regularly walking 90 minutes per day
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
improving the performace gains that I am experiencing
In context ↗
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Summary
Swan 75070 said that walking sticks bought six months earlier helped them walk further, and by July 2025 they were regularly walking 90 minutes a day. A recent trial of wrist weights, too soon after crashing from two walks a day, left them recovering with weaker arms.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- walking · Helped
I am currently regularly walking 90 minutes per day, looking like an athlete! :)
In context ↗ - walking sticks · Helped
Purchased walking sticks six months ago and these help me walk further without the same problems.
In context ↗ - wrist weights · Worse
Last ten days or so is an exception and am in recovery after adding wrist weights to my last walk.
In context ↗ - keeping it mostly aerobic · Helped
I find that keeping it mostly aerobic will result in less PEM
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Approaches: Exercise and activity
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | walking 90 minutes a day, helped by walking sticksI am currently regularly walking 90 minutes per day, looking like an athlete! :)In context ↗ | Mild | Walking |
| last ten days before 2025-07-26 | crashed after adding wrist weights to a walk, too soon after crashing from two walks a dayLast ten days or so is an exception and am in recovery after adding wrist weights to my last walk.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2025-07-26 | recovering, weaker in the arms, keen to get back out walkingHave tried a few times but have 'suddenly become a lot weaker (?) / lack the physical strength in my arms so had to abort twiceIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
keeping it mostly aerobic will result in less PEM while doing anaerobic (triggering cortisol stress hormones) increases recovery time, PEM
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
suddenly become a lot weaker (?) / lack the physical strength in my arms so had to abort twice
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