Resistance training has been examined as a possible way to relieve covid-19 symptoms
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In the hunt for ways to alleviate long covid – a relatively new condition with no cure, experienced by millions of people worldwide after contracting covid-19 – exercise has been a bright spot. It’s drug-free, it costs nothing and a handful of studies have suggested it boosts long covid recovery. But concern is growing that these studies aren’t robust enough to support exercise as a treatment approach, reigniting a decade-long controversy over the use of exercise in addressing other conditions, such as chronic fatigue syndrome.
