The answer is yes. But you have to take it easy and, in some cases, even very calmly.

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The practice of physical exercise is an ally in maintaining an important lifestyle in the post-healthy period of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, they say and a maintenance factor by CNN Portugal. But “you have to be careful”, warns Luís Cerca.

For the assistant professor at Universidade Lusófona and a specialist in the area of ​​well-being and exercise, those who have been infected can do physical exercises if they feel capable of doing so, but the most important thing is to move the body, even if this does not imply elaborate training. .

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“It’s time to be cautious, but not to stop. The human body was made to be in motion.“

Despite the multiple benefits of physical exercise, the professor who defends exercise is important in consideration “in which the test state is negative, especially if there were moderate to severe symptoms during the infection. But, according to a study published in the journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, exercise is also an asset in the routine of patients with post covid syndrome (long covid). Research says that a regulated, built and personalized training is capable of dealing with cardiorespiratory, pulmonary, musculoskeletal and neurological ailments.

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Paula Pereira, an intern doctor at Hospital Lusíadas Porto, also considers that the practice of physical exercise is “fundamental”, especially for people who, on the ride of the infection and even with mild symptoms, were “more asthenic, more stopped”, since who practice physical exercise helps to increase energy levels. But let’s make it clear, the specialist, that Luís Cerca is a preliminary assessment with a virus, which can still be important unknown or silently.

“There has to be a practice of physical exercise, of course, but then it is the doctor who sees what is best for the patient, from the type of exercise to the frequency”, explains the internist.

When asked about the post-infection by those who maintain some symptoms, the doctor considers that, “as a general rule, everyone who has post-covid symptoms should exercise”, warning, once again, of the need for a medical evaluation and for the importance that physical and cardiorespiratory rehabilitation programs can have in these cases.

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How intensely should you eat?

Although he stresses that each case is different and that the person who has recovered from the infection should seek advice, Luís Cerca says that the gauge is always at “moderate to low intensity”, in exercises that move the body and help to resume a lifestyle. low active life. And the American College of Sports Medicine recommends that the first workouts be 15 minutes.

And when he speaks of low intensity as measured, Luís refers to the fact that he does not want the person, eg, “the autonomy is that nothing is left for the person to stand up”. “That’s when the perception of effort with comfort, the next day feels like you haven’t even trained,” he explains.

In cases of important people who have a serious assessment, Luís Cerca can consider the duration of symptoms is very different from two to 12 weeks But, regardless of how long the symptoms are, in cases of serious illness “they must always be low in a early stage”.

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And it leaves a special warning for people who train at the level of high intensity training: only six months later for those who had a complicated disease”.

Even for those who were already practicing physical exercise, the return should always be more attenuated than the pre-infection training routine. “The person has to take it easy, let it adapt”, says it is important for the person to do a “structured body thing”, a flat workout, with defined frequencies and intensity, and that “the person should not return to health at the intensity that did, it must be an intensity equal to that of a person who has not exercised in a long time or never, that is, a low to moderate strength”.

To understand whether or not it’s time to resume physical exercise, the American College of Sports Medicine recommends that the person first return to normal routine (work/school) and sleep patterns. Then, says the organism, “ours must ensure that they are able to feel life”.

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