After an illness – including COVID-19 – exercise is essential, so it must be safe! Exercise must be accompanied by adequate rest during the day and at night, and by a good-quality diet. If you do not move, further deterioration and possible complications follow, in the form of thrombosis, embolism...

Here are a few recommendations: • Make a plan and draw up a list of priorities, balance work and private life, and share out your obligations from time to time. Dividing activities within the family and at work is the key to functioning well. • Work out which tasks matter to you...

The aim of rehabilitation is to restore physical and mental capacity at least to its previous level, and very often to an even better one. In rehabilitation facilities we used to rely heavily on a varied diet as nutritional support for the body's recovery, and this good practice needs to be brought...

Fatigue is a sign of many diseases and conditions. It regularly accompanies illness, but also recovery from illness, and it is precisely fatigue that shows us how recovery is progressing and whether you need medical help. Patients describe fatigue as a lack of strength and energy and...

The pain can be present in any part of the body and is not tied only to one specific part. Pain in the lower back, joints, neck and shoulders is common, as are headaches and pain in the limbs. The pain is accompanied by discomfort, weakness, fatigue and...

Prolonged or long COVID can involve several symptoms: fatigue, pain in the muscles (myalgia) or joints (arthralgia), difficulty concentrating and remembering, and problems with the senses, such as a disorder of smell (anosmia) or of taste (dysgeusia or...