Long COVID tiredness and flares, now nearly back to normal after weights and pacing
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Apr 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got LC from Moderna so like, yes I’ve always known it’s the spike protein and the mRNA
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I just kept ruining myself by trying to do yoga or pilates
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
now I’m pretty much flare free (after being stuck for like 2.5ish years?)
In context ↗ - Began after: a vaccination
I got LC from Moderna so like, yes I’ve always known it’s the spike protein and the mRNA
In context ↗
Summary
Cardinal 79054 developed long COVID after a Moderna vaccination. For about 2.5 years they were too tired for the gym and flared after trying yoga or pilates. A chronic-illness fitness coach had them start with weights only; after about three months they began adding pilates and cardio a little. They credited pacing and nattokinase too, and reported being pretty much flare-free for about a year.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- complete rest · No change
he said to completely rest but that’s didn’t help
In context ↗ - yoga · Worse
kept ruining myself by trying to do yoga or pilates
In context ↗ - fitness coach-guided exercise (weights, then pilates/cardio) · Helped a lot
introduce exercise differently and only weights ... The weights built my capacity
In context ↗ - nattokinase · Helped
I also did some of the extra supplements she mentioned too which I’ve seen here like nattokinease
In context ↗ - pacing · Helped
the right type of exercise & pacing the way my coach said
In context ↗ - chronic illness breathing · Helped
one of the things she taught me was about “chronic illness breathing”
In context ↗
Approaches: Anticoagulants · Pacing · Physiotherapy and rehab
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Long COVID after Moderna vaccinationI got LC from ModernaIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| after being stuck for like 2.5ish years | Started weights with a chronic-illness fitness coach, then added pilates, cardio and nattokinaseThe weights built my capacity.In context ↗ | Mild | Graded rehab and self-made programmes |
| 2025-04 | Back to all types of exercise and pretty much flare-free for about a yearnow I’m pretty much flare freeIn context ↗ | Near normal | Graded rehab and self-made programmes |
Adverse events
- Qigong, tai chi and isometric yoga, Pilates“I just kept ruining myself by trying to do yoga or pilates.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I just kept ruining myself by trying to do yoga or pilates.
In context ↗
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