Long COVID at worst barely able to walk, now nearly back to normal after Rebound Athletic
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 5 years
- Last post
- Nov 2025
In their words
- At worst: Mild
I have enough energy to do a bit of exercise ... until inevitably I crash big time
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I’m around 85-90% better after reading those two books.
In context ↗
Read from 16 of their posts and comments; links to the 12 this page draws on
Summary
She fell ill with long COVID around 2020 and was ill about five years, at her worst barely able to walk from leg pain and weakness and crashing after any exertion. Beta-blockers eased palpitations and pain, and the Rebound Athletic programme helped her move again. After The Way Out, Mind Your Body and the Curable app she says her leg pain went within a week and she is now around 85-90% better and exercising, though symptoms still flare.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- letting go and finding a place of safety in my body · Helped
I had to kinda ‘give up’ all that and let go and find a place of safety in my body and I could feel it responding positively
In context ↗ - alternative medicine practitioners · Helped
I’ve been to 2 alternative medicine practitioners, one of them helped me with my stomach problems so that was great
In context ↗ - supplements from a practitioner · Not said
The other one gave me like £150 of supplements and told me to go swimming
In context ↗ - swimming and exercise · Worse
told me to go swimming and I crashed so bad after seeing her ... until inevitably I crash big time
- Beta blockers / propranolol · Helped
Beta blockers have done wonders for me too. Really don’t understand why but I’m in way less pain and able to do a bit more without feeling ill.
In context ↗ - Rebound Athletic · Helped a lot
It has been helping me slowly increase my capacity to move my body with a structure that stops me over doing it
In context ↗ - Curable app · Helped
Get the Curable app and start working through the lessons ... These were the things that helped me the most.
- The Way Out by Alan Gordon · Helped a lot
I read ‘the way out’ and the pain was gone within a week! Seriously.
In context ↗ - Mind Your Body by Nicole Sachs · Helped
Then Mind Your Body is more like ok this is what I’m going to need to be doing for some time to try and clear away the build up in my nervous system
In context ↗
Approaches: Brain retraining · Physiotherapy and rehab
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | terror about becoming severe left her barely able to stand, with severe leg painI had such bad leg pain I could hardly walk sometimesIn context ↗ | |
| May 2025 | able to move her body again with a graded programme without crashingYesterday I ran around in the woods on and off for nearly and hour with my boyfriend then did my workout on Rebound Athletic and had no PEM whatsoeverIn context ↗ | |
| June 2025 | symptoms practically gone after brain-retraining books and appI’ve recovered after 5 years ... My symptoms have practically goneIn context ↗ | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| November 2025 | back to exercising, around 85-90% better, occasional flaresI’m not cured 100% but I’m around 85-90% better after reading those two booksIn context ↗ | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
Adverse events
- Everyday exercise and activity“told me to go swimming and I crashed so bad after seeing her.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
thinking I can do more and more until inevitably I crash big time
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
I had such bad leg pain I could hardly walk sometimes, since doing those three things I have zero pain in my legs
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
I could barely stand up because my legs became so weak
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
It has really helped me with my heart palpitations
In context ↗ - Gut problems
one of them helped me with my stomach problems so that was great
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
the burning/lactic acid build up sensation took a little bit longer but that has also gone
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I was utterly terrified
In context ↗
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