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The Food Medic

S8 E4: Exercise after covid

The Food Medic

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to another episode of The Food Medic podcast with Dr Hazel. On this episode we are chatting about returning to exercise after having covid.Our guest this week is Dr Amal Hassan - a Sport & Exercise Medicine Consultant Physician, working in elite sport, ballet, and at the Institute for Sport, Exercise and Health in London.This episode covers*Risks of returning to early to exercise post-covid*when to safely return to exercise *How to phase your return to exercise*Long-covid complications impacting physical activity *managing long-covid fatigue *fitness and recovery related to the covid vaccine If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. Thank you to our season sponsor WHOOP. Right now, you can get your first month free when you checkout through join.whoop.com/thefoodmedic@thefoodmedic / www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

0:04.2

Not much to it, is there?

0:06.2

Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.

0:10.9

Mmm, that is good.

0:12.9

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

0:15.8

Go all crisp in with walkers.

0:19.2

Delicious.

0:21.0

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Food Medic podcast.

0:25.2

I'm your host, Dr. Hazel.

0:27.0

On this episode, we're chatting about returning to exercise after having COVID.

0:32.3

Unfortunately, COVID is very much still here and in the UK cases of COVID have rose 29% in the week ending 6th of July.

0:42.2

And in the latest O&S report, it found that one in 19 people in England tested positive for the virus.

0:49.6

So I know this episode applies to many people listening or at least someone that you know. In this episode,

0:56.0

I speak to Dr. Amal Hassan, a sport and exercise medicine consultant working in elite sport, ballet and

1:03.3

at the Institute for Sport, Exercise and Health in London. She has a subspecialist interest in

1:09.4

female athlete across the lifespan and in women's

1:12.2

health for sport and exercise participation. She's also worked in post-COVID clinics throughout the

1:17.4

pandemic and continues to consult those struggling with return to exercise post-COVID.

1:23.6

So no better person for the job. Let's hear from a mall.

1:33.6

Today's podcast is brought to you by our season sponsor, Whoop.

1:39.2

Whoop 4.0 is a 24-7 digital fitness and health coach that provides actionable insights to help you recover faster, train smarter and sleep better. And unlike most other wearables in the sense that it doesn't

1:46.2

just tell you what you've done, but it tells you what you really need to know. Now, as many of you know,

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