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Fatigue syndrome exercise therapy loses Nice recommendation – The Guardian

ME sufferers in England no longer advised by watchdog to try graded exercise therapy

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A controversial exercise technique used to manage chronic fatigue syndrome is no longer being recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice).
The decision to stop recommending graded exercise therapy (GET)  which involves incremental increases in physical activity to gradually build up tolerance  represents a crucial win for patient advocates who have long said the practice causes more harm than good.
Patient groups have argued that the use of exercise therapy suggests that…

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