Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Guest blogger: Dr. Scott Calzaretta

Cat is coming out of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and had two questions:

Is CFS a long-term case of severe overtraining?

Answer: There is nothing that I have come across in the literature to suggest that CFS is a direct result of long term overtraining.

Her second question: How can she ramp up her ½ hour hill walking to a law-enforcement level of fitness without getting sick again?

Answer: You should get help from a health care professional who can assist you in improving your condition. Over 23 years, I have seen CSF patients make excellent recoveries when addressing the issues that caused their CSF. As a general rule, start slow (don’t increase more than 5%/week), get adequate sleep, focus on great nutrition and give yourself enough days between workouts to recover.

You really do need to work with someone knowledgeable in assisting patients to recover from CSF, and has more insight into your personal history, so you can move forward in your training.

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Guest blogger Tim Grizzell also addressed Cat's concerns -- see the comments to his blog, "Making Time for Fitness" for his answer.