Health
Strenuous Exercise Can Trigger Severe Damage to Muscle Tissue, Long Covid Study Shows
- Findings show biological changes from post-exertional malaise
- ‘Pushing through’ arduous exercise likely to worsen symptoms
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Exercise is good for health, but it can be harmful for some long Covid sufferers, new research shows.
Those experiencing debilitating crashes after strenuous activity — a condition known as post-exertional malaise — risk severe tissue damage from hardcore exercise, scientists in the Netherlands found.