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\\nHow the symptoms of long COVID are being managed using group consultations and the many things long COVID has in common with other long-term conditions.
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\\nNow that COVID has become a part of our day-to-day lives, so too has long COVID. So, with so much money now being directed towards researching treatments for long COVID, how might this impact the way we treat all manner of chronic conditions?
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\\nIn this episode of Airing Pain, Paul Evans interviews the team at the Berkshire Pain Clinic, who run a specific long COVID service, on treating people with the condition. Notably, there are many similarities between the symptoms of long COVID and the symptoms of other long-term conditions, such as fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. Issues like managing pain, fatigue, sleep and pacing are not only common in those with long COVID, but those with chronic illness in general. This raises the possibility that the money being spent now on long COVID may have a far wider reaching benefit in the long term.
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\\nThe team at the Berkshire Pain Clinic have already found success in using group consultations to manage long COVID. Listen, or read the transcript, to find out how these consultations are run and why they are proving so beneficial.
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\\nIssues covered in this programme include:
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\\ngroup consultations, long COVID, self-management of long-term conditions, fibromyalgia, fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, pacing, sleep problems, building support networks, managing mood problems and goal setting.
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\\nTime Stamps:
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\\n02:02 \\u2013 Dr Deepak Ravindran explains how existing knowledge can help us to manage long COVID.
\\n08:22 \\u2013 Dr Rupa Joshi explains how group consultations can provide support to those with long-term conditions.
\\n11:09 \\u2013 how did group consultations start at the Berkshire Pain Clinic?
\\n13:50 \\u2013 Dr Rupa Joshi discusses how both patients and healthcare professionals can learn from group consultations.
\\n14:17 \\u2013 how do group consultations for long COVID differ from those for other health conditions?
\\n15:33 \\u2013 Dr Deepak Ravindran on how our understanding of COVID and long COVID have changed.
\\n18:52 \\u2013 Caroline Mole shares her experience of long COVID, pain and fatigue and how it has impacted her life.
\\n20:25 \\u2013 Dr Deepak Ravindran shares how his experience of COVID gave him perspective on the experiences of his chronic pain patients.
\\n21:54 \\u2013 how funding for long COVID can help those living with other long-term conditions.
\\n24:25 \\u2013 Airing Pain producer Paul Evans shares his experience of fibromyalgia and how it has a lot in common with long COVID.
\\n26:04 \\u2013 could the treatments we discover for long COVID be used for people with other conditions?
\\n27:13 \\u2013 Caroline Mole explains what it was like to have a long COVID flare up and her struggles with fatigue.
\\n29:08 \\u2013 Greg Scott on talking therapies and managing the mental health aspects of long COVID and other conditions.
\\n32:06 \\u2013 Health and Wellbeing Coach Fatema Hafizji on empowering people with long-term conditions to achieve their goals.
\\n35:54 \\u2013 Personal Trainer Kerry Doe explains how she supports people to return to exercise following COVID.
\\n40:38 \\u2013 Saira Mirza on the role of the physiotherapist in managing long COVID and other conditions and the importance of breathing techniques.
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\\nThis edition of Airing Pain has been funded by grants from the James Weir Foundation, the Hospital Saturday Fund and the Erskine Cunningham Hill Trust.
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