Miruvor
Sign up

Dancing

12 people describe trying Dancing (5 with ME/CFS, 7 with long COVID). Of the 11 who said how it went, 11 say it helped, often with one symptom, and none got worse. 6 credit it as one reason they got better overall.

Everyone · 12 people

All 12 who tried it

How it went for everyone who tried it

Helped means they said it helped with what they took it for, which may be one symptom and not the illness.

100%
helped
11 of 11
0%
no change
0 of 11
0%
got worse
0 of 11

Shares are out of the 11 people who said how it went. 1 more tried it without saying how it went.

Show as a table
How it wentPeopleShare
Helped a lot00%
Helped11100%
No change00%
Worse00%
Much worse00%

Did it last, for everyone it helped?

  • None of the 11 people it helped said it wore off, whether or not they credit it for their improvement.

Read from what people wrote, and the more someone wrote, the more likely they are to mention it. Some people stop posting before saying, so the real number may be higher.

Everyone · 6 people

6 who credit it

Among the 6 who credit it with their improvement, here’s how they are now

Credit it means they say it’s one reason they got better: 6 say it was one of several things that helped.

50%
recovered or near normal
3 of 6
50%
much or somewhat better
3 of 6
0%
relapsed
0 of 6

Where each person was at the end of their story, or in their latest post that says how they are, compared with their worst point.

Show as a table
Outcome describedPeopleShare
Recovered117%
Near normal233%
Much better233%
Somewhat better117%
Relapsed00%

Did it last?

  • No one said its benefit wore off.
  • 4 of the 6 who credit it say they still need to keep doing something (not always this) to stay well.
6 who credit it

By how ill people were

Only the 6 who credit it, so people it didn’t help or made worse aren’t here. How they are now is their outcome overall, not the effect of this one treatment.

Severity at worstHow they are nownRecovered or near normal
Mild10%
Severe3100%
Very severe20%
Show as a table
At worstOutcomePeopleShare
MildSomewhat better1 of 1100%
SevereRecovered1 of 333%
SevereNear normal2 of 367%
Very severeMuch better2 of 2100%

Adverse events

None of the 12 people who wrote about taking it described an adverse event they tied to it.

People don’t always write about every problem they had, so harms are likely under-reported.

How often it comes up

Posts that mention Dancing, per 1,000 posts each month. Hover or tap a point for the count.

0201020142017202020232026
Show as a table
MonthPosts mentioning itAll postsPer 1,000
Oct 200901050
Jan 201001410
Feb 201001130
Jun 201101090
Nov 201101240
Dec 201101990
Jan 201202320
Feb 201201030
Mar 201201900
Apr 201201620
May 201203750
Jun 201202380
Jul 201202400
Aug 201204850
Sep 201205610
Oct 201205260
Nov 201205140
Dec 201206990
Jan 201305330
Feb 201304470
Mar 201304290
Apr 201304990
May 201306060
Jun 201306090
Jul 201306160
Aug 201305770
Sep 201303640
Oct 201305360
Nov 201303850
Dec 201305190
Jan 201409440
Feb 201408210
Mar 201404250
Apr 201403610
May 201406170
Jun 201404890
Jul 201404440
Aug 201406220
Sep 201405070
Oct 201406780
Nov 201405670
Dec 201406290
Jan 201507600
Feb 201508730
Mar 201501,2760
Apr 201509840
May 201501,4960
Jun 201501,0460
Jul 201501,2110
Aug 201509980
Sep 201501,0600
Oct 201501,2550
Nov 201501,2460
Dec 201509240
Jan 201601,2820
Feb 201601,0510
Mar 201601,0020
Apr 201609980
May 201601,0450
Jun 201601,2300
Jul 201601,6190
Aug 201601,7290
Sep 201601,7850
Oct 201601,2200
Nov 201601,0920
Dec 201601,2110
Jan 201701,6600
Feb 201701,9880
Mar 201702,0780
Apr 201702,1330
May 201702,3700
Jun 201702,1940
Jul 201702,1830
Aug 201712,4660.41
Sep 201702,1890
Oct 201703,0420
Nov 201701,9760
Dec 201702,1120
Jan 201802,6200
Feb 201802,1550
Mar 201802,6130
Apr 201802,2510
May 201802,8280
Jun 201803,8710
Jul 201803,0670
Aug 201803,7570
Sep 201803,5120
Oct 201813,2610.31
Nov 201802,8610
Dec 201802,7540
Jan 201903,6720
Feb 201902,7150
Mar 201903,3170
Apr 201903,1410
May 201903,8550
Jun 201903,3920
Jul 201903,3120
Aug 201903,9430
Sep 201904,0350
Oct 201903,9220
Nov 201903,5080
Dec 201903,6590
Jan 202004,6500
Feb 202004,3740
Mar 202004,4750
Apr 202003,6900
May 202004,5430
Jun 202005,7010
Jul 202006,1040
Aug 2020010,3330
Sep 2020011,9580
Oct 2020014,5680
Nov 2020016,5460
Dec 2020020,7640
Jan 2021024,5620
Feb 2021024,6720
Mar 2021029,4760
Apr 2021028,5090
May 2021025,7910
Jun 2021027,8710
Jul 2021027,2200
Aug 2021030,8080
Sep 2021030,0740
Oct 2021022,1320
Nov 2021127,7220.04
Dec 2021031,8720
Jan 2022042,3170
Feb 2022138,6970.03
Mar 2022044,3050
Apr 2022044,3330
May 2022050,5940
Jun 2022149,0580.02
Jul 2022053,4850
Aug 2022054,4550
Sep 2022056,9360
Oct 2022058,5110
Nov 2022159,1980.02
Dec 2022161,5760.02
Jan 2023061,0040
Feb 2023050,1330
Mar 2023059,9250
Apr 2023054,2510
May 2023057,7680
Jun 2023152,6790.02
Jul 2023056,4010
Aug 2023065,4350
Sep 2023061,8350
Oct 2023058,4190
Nov 2023053,6620
Dec 2023060,6430
Jan 2024071,8180
Feb 2024170,0450.01
Mar 2024068,2610
Apr 2024064,3740
May 2024067,6980
Jun 2024164,7200.02
Jul 2024265,3350.03
Aug 2024068,5170
Sep 2024170,1680.01
Oct 2024072,6070
Nov 2024071,8020
Dec 2024074,4010
Jan 2025077,9090
Feb 2025165,1100.02
Mar 2025069,9050
Apr 2025161,6060.02
May 2025065,7330
Jun 2025060,5400
Jul 2025062,1050
Aug 2025164,5780.02
Sep 2025061,7040
Oct 2025059,2040
Nov 2025058,9440
Dec 2025062,8300
Jan 2026063,3210
Feb 2026053,0850
Mar 2026059,2080
Apr 2026653,9890.11
May 2026057,5410
Jun 2026055,3010
Jul 2026156,3910.02
Aug 2026056,8250
Sep 2026257,1430.03

Forum and Reddit posts, 4,007,898 in all, counted per month. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. All trends

Everyone · 12 people

All 12 people who tried it

  • Bedbound with ME/CFS, now much better after Unlearn Your Pain and somatic tracking

    Much better Kestrel 12507 ME/CFS Very severe at worstIll 2.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Sep 2026

    After a gradual 2-3 year decline in which they were often sick, this person went on short-term disability to rest and became very severe and bed bound. Reading Dr. Schubiner's 'Unlearn Your Pain' and practising somatic tracking, affirmations, smiling and…

  • Long COVID after pneumonia on oxygen, now nearly normal with iron and low-dose naltrexone

    Near normal Heron 71877 Long COVID Severe at worstIll 4 years before improving or writing reddit.com Sep 2025

    Heron 71877 got long COVID in January 2021 after COVID pneumonia that put them in hospital on oxygen. A 2022 reinfection caused a bad relapse, and a stressful job made their COVID worse; going on state disability in 2024 helped. They credit iron, vitamin C,…

  • Long COVID exhaustion and daytime sleep, somewhat better with therapy and dance

    Somewhat better Hare 16465 Long COVID Mild at worstIll 4 years before improving or writing reddit.com Jun 2025

    Hare 16465 said most of her long-COVID symptoms began about four years earlier, after a COVID infection. She kept working but was exhausted, needed to sleep in the day and could no longer take medications as before; symptoms grew less frequent, and therapy,…

  • Barely able to walk with long COVID, nearly back to normal after diet and gentle exercise

    Near normal Pond 93486 Long COVID Severe at worstIll 4 years before improving or writing reddit.com Mar 2025

    Pond 93486 caught COVID in March 2020, nearly died, then spent about a year barely able to walk and struggling to eat, vomiting daily for months and losing over half her body weight. With no doctor she built her own recovery from a strict elimination diet,…

  • Bedridden with long COVID, now much better after self-taught visual and cognitive rehab

    Much better Sparrow 85964 Long COVID Very severe at worst reddit.com Jun 2024

    Sparrow 85964 had COVID-19 seven times, four while working in a hospital emergency department; the fourth infection left them bedridden, breathing manually and relearning to walk and dress. A seventh infection cost them right-side function and visuospatial…

  • In bed or on couch for 18 months with long COVID, now recovered after breathing exercises

    Recovered Spruce 24488 Long COVID Severe at worstIll 20 months before improving or writing reddit.com May 2024

    A New York nurse who worked through the pandemic caught COVID and was hospitalised with breathing trouble. He was on disability six months and spent about a year and a half mostly in bed or on the couch with fatigue, PEM, POTS and brain fog. After learning…

  • Moderate-to-severe ME/CFS with brain fog and sensitivity, no improvement from strict diets

    No benefit Doesn’t credit it · HelpedCanyon 50433 ME/CFS Moderate at worst reddit.com Aug 2026

    Canyon 50433 described moderate-to-severe ME/CFS with brain fog, sound and light sensitivity, and a holiday period that was pushing them into severe territory. They said cannabis helped them tremendously and that they could not get through without it; they…

  • ME/CFS: twerking and belly dancing sometimes ease hips but can trigger PEM

    Outcome unclear Doesn’t credit it · HelpedCreek 72733 ME/CFS reddit.com Apr 2026

    A woman with CFS who calls herself an ex party girl said she sometimes twerks and belly dances to help her hips, and that twerking keeps her hips feeling less bad. She warned that dancing can trigger PEM if not careful or moving too quickly, and advised…

  • Post-exertional malaise with ME/CFS; twerking during PEM helped, they said

    Outcome unclear Doesn’t credit it · HelpedMarsh 57156 ME/CFS reddit.com Apr 2026

    A Reddit user posting in r/cfs in April 2026 described having post-exertional malaise. They said twerking during PEM always helped them, suggesting the movement pushed pooled blood from the buttocks back to the brain and relieved hypoperfusion. No other…

  • Long COVID with loss of energy and panic attacks, somewhat better after psychiatry

    Somewhat better Doesn’t credit it · HelpedPond 81030 Long COVID Moderate at worstIll 3.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Mar 2025

    A Swiss teenager who developed long COVID at 14 in November 2021, with loss of energy and later depression and panic attacks. Hospital and day clinic pushed a graded return to school that failed twice; a late-2023 crash left her feeling like a year ago and…

  • Completely dysfunctional with long COVID, now somewhat better after meditation and self-care

    Somewhat better Doesn’t credit it · HelpedEagle 37662 Long COVID Very severe at worstIll 4.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Mar 2024

    Eagle 37662, a 61-year-old woman, had COVID in late 2019 and again in January 2021; after the second infection she was completely dysfunctional and her sons cared for her, with spinal pain and electric-shock nerve pains. Meditation and self-care routines…

  • ME/CFS mild to moderate then moderate/severe, no better physically after a break

    No benefit Doesn’t credit it · Not saidSandpiper 35523 ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll for 10 years reddit.com Jan 2022

    Developed ME/CFS at 14 or 15 after major multilevel surgery and was mild to moderate for years; they are studying for a biology degree. Stress took them to moderate/severe by the end of 2021, with worsening brain fog, and they took a break from university.…

The first 6 credit Dancing for their improvement; the other 6 tried it without crediting it.

A little hope, every Sunday

New recovery stories and data-driven research on ME/CFS and long COVID. Ideas worth considering, and the evidence behind them.

Free · Unsubscribe anytime