Here is one of our members, Nicola Ritchie, explaining the impact of living with #LongCovid at the Covid Inquiry
Nicola is available to speak with the media after the release of the Module 3 Report on Thursday
@thercot.bsky.social do you have any plans to cover the Module 3 report on Thurs?
I am part of @longcovidphysio.bsky.social & was part of their inquiry team as they were core participants for module 3.
Many members have been affected by Covid & Long Covid.
It'd be great to see RCOT cover this
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
Are you planning on covering the release of the Module 3 report from the Covid Inquiry?
There are at least 2 million people living with LongCovid in the UK. Many of us have lost our jobs and careers in healthcare
Please find our press release below👇
Does the CSP @thecsp.bsky.social have any plans to cover the release of the Module 3 report from the Covid Inquiry on Thurs?
We would love to have your support
@jonryancsp.bsky.social @ashjames10.bsky.social @robyeldham.bsky.social @abihend.bsky.social @tolanahp.bsky.social
Press release below
. @jonryancsp.bsky.social does the CSP have any plans to cover the Module 3 report on Thursday?
LCP was one of the LC group core participants for this module. Our members played a key part & were involved in both oral & written testimonies.
We’d love to have your support with media coverage 🙏
LongCovid Physio, together with LongCovid Kids, LongCovid SOS and LongCovid Support were core participants in Module 3 of the Covid Inquiry
The report will be released on Thursday 19th March
Please see our press release ahead of this day
Thanks to LCS for posting 🙏
Side by side image. On the left a person wearing a red ski jacket, black helmet, and goggles stands on skis at the top of a snowy mountain slope with their arms raised, holding ski poles. Snow-covered mountains stretch across the background under dramatic clouds with sunlight illuminating the peaks. On the right a woman with blonde hair tied back, wearing sunglasses, a pink cardigan, blue cropped trousers sits on a mobility scooter. Her hands are holding the handlebars. There are grey railings, trees and water in the background.
Before their Covid infection, our members were free to choose how they used each heartbeat.
Now, #LongCovid limits what they can use each beat for.
The change from before to after is obvious
#LCAD26 #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #LongCovidHeartbeats #EveryHeartbeatCounts
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Side-by-side image. On the left, a woman with dark curly hair exercises outdoors wearing a blue-grey crop top and grey leggings. She holds a small weight in each hand, lifting one with her right arm bent at the elbow while her left arm rests by her side. She stands next to a white wall, with exposed brick and red railings behind her. On the right, a partially completed crocheted piece in purple, blue, and cream is draped over a black mannequin. The chunky yarn forms textured horizontal stripes, with a peach-coloured crochet hook still attached to the working yarn. Loose strands hang from the piece, and a tiled wall is visible in the background.
Before their Covid infection, our members were free to choose how they used each heartbeat.
Now, #LongCovid limits what they can use each beat for.
The change from before to after is obvious
#LCAD26 #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #LongCovidHeartbeats #EveryHeartbeatCounts
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Two contrasting images illustrating changes in health and physical ability. The top image shows a hiker from behind walking along a forest trail while carrying a large backpack with camping gear attached. Overlaid text reads: “Hiking the John Muir Trail for 7 days with a 50lb+ pack at elevation 10k–12k feet.” The setting is a sunny woodland area with trees, rocks, and a small stream. The bottom image shows a person lying on the floor at work with their legs resting on a fluffy white chair, wearing burgundy trousers and sandals, in an office space with shelves and equipment nearby. Overlaid text reads: “Laying on the floor at work to get my HR down, so I can complete 2 hours of work
Before their Covid infection, our members were free to choose how they used each heartbeat.
Now, #LongCovid limits what they can use each beat for.
The change from before to after is obvious
#LCAD26 #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #LongCovidHeartbeats #EveryHeartbeatCounts
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Side-by-side images showing outdoor scenery and a painting activity. On the left, a person with curly hair walks down a grassy hillside path with a black dog on a lead, overlooking a wide green valley with fields, trees, and scattered buildings in the distance. They wear dark clothing with a red jacket tied around their waist. On the right, a tabletop art setup shows a small watercolour palette, a mixing tray with diluted paint, cups of water, and a sheet of paper with a finished watercolour painting of a sailboat on calm water at sunset, with warm orange light reflecting across the waves and distant hills on the horizon.
Before their Covid infection, our members were free to choose how they used each heartbeat.
Now, #LongCovid limits what they can use each beat for.
The change from before to after is obvious
#LCAD26 #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #LongCovidHeartbeats #EveryHeartbeatCounts
Before infection, our members chose how to use each heartbeat.
Now #LongCovid limits what each beat can be used for.
Turn your phone landscape for the best viewing experience.
#LCAD26 #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #LongCovidHeartbeats #EveryHeartbeatCounts
“Long Covid patients are being forgotten”
Thank you Dr Susannah Thompson for your continued advocacy work 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Abstract submissions for poster presentations at the 2026 International Forum on COVID Rehabilitation Research is NOW OPEN! The deadline to submit is Friday January 30! Share your #COVIDRehab research! Review the guidelines for submission and submit here tinyurl.com/2s3ubuuf
A brilliant performance completes a 3-1 victory on the road! 🙌
Please see the attached images for a press release from @longcovidphysio.bsky.social urging immediate action on the U.K. Covid-19 Public Inquiry findings from Module 2.
Progress to see that early lived experience advice has now been adopted by the #NHS
It needs to go further to reduce risks to patients- avoid exercising for 12 weeks after any COVID infection.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/l...
Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging @itvx.com documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money".
Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions.
Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
New publication: Experiences of pacing to reduce symptoms among adults living with Long COVID in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
@lcaireland.bsky.social
@patientled.bsky.social
@longcovidphysio.bsky.social
Published today 📣
Community Engagement in #LongCOVID Research: Process, Evaluation and Recommendations From the Long COVID and Episodic Disability Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Congratulations to our Chair Todd Davenport who has been awarded as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association
We are delighted that Todd’s outstanding work for ME/CFS and LC has been recognised
Thankyou for all that you are & do @sunsopeningband.bsky.social 🙏
This 👇
Again for those in the back:
👏🏼 PEM 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 NOT 👏🏼 deconditioning
Symptoms associated with effort expenditure in #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other energy limiting illnesses are physiological, not “preferential”
Thanks to @RobWust for this incredible work.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
“Skeletal muscle properties in #LongCOVID and #ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest”
Objective science debunking deconditioning theories! 💥 🎤
@patientled.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
@longcovidphysio.bsky.social is pleased to support this essential campaign by @longcovidkids.bsky.social
Better assessment, care, funding and research are urgently needed for the millions of adults and children living with Long COVID and M.E.
#LCandME #FundOurFuture #FundThePlan
Image of letter. Please follow the link for accessible version - https://www.longcovidkids.org/post/open-letter-to-the-rt-hon-wes-streeting-and-ashley-dalton-mp-march-2025
As part of Long Covid Awareness Month, and to mark the fifth anniversary of the first UK lockdown, we have sent an open letter and petition to @wesstreeting.bsky.social & @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
#LCandME #FundOurFuture #FundThePlan
www.longcovidkids.org/post/open-le...
Black and while line drawing of a woman lying prostrate on the ground with a pen in her hand who had been run over by a skip lorry with a Covid-19 numberplate and text Call 111. On top of her are piled the contents of the skip including random building rubble and a split bag of dru cement spilling into her mouth and lings, with a steel bar piercing her side and a rod through her leg, and a steel mallet has landed on her head, with start circling rouns. Workplace literature is scattered around, with a brain running away from it. On top of the rubble sits a laptop with text 'Employee performance review" on it. A cat sits next to the woman. On the right of the picture a cat sits next to the woman, observing the departing skip lorry. Black and while line drawing of a woman lying prostrate on the ground with a pen in her hand who had been run over by a skip lorry with a Covid-19 numberplate and text Call 111. On top of her are piled the contents of the skip including random building rubble and a split bag of dru cement spilling into her mouth and lings, with a rail piercing her side, a rod through her leg, and a steel mallet that has landed on her head, with start circling round. Workplace literature is scattered around, with a brain running away from it. On top of the rubble sits a laptop with text 'Employee performance review" on it. On the right of the picture a cat sits next to the woman, watching the skip lorry driving away.
5 years with #LongCovid. This was 2020.
Trying to work through it turned out to be bad idea, in hindsight @longcovidsos.bsky.social
#LongCovidAwarenessDay
Research, support & effective treatments are urgently needed.
Lives, health, careers, education, financial stability, homes & relationships are all being lost.
Anyone can develop #LongCovid
The only way to prevent it, is to stop the spread of #Covid
#LongCovidAwarenessDay
A heartbreaking insight into our reality.
So grateful to everyone involved with this project and in International Long Covid Awareness day
#LongCovidAwareness
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