Dr. Stein's Blog
for ME/CFS, FM, ES, Long COVID and Chronic Pain
I dove into the online world in April 2020, at the start of COVID. I had already been working on my first course, Pathways to Improvement, for several months when the pandemic closed down my medical p...
Emerging Science-Based Management of Fatigue and Post-Exertional Malaise
In the final part of this in-depth analysis of fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM), I focus on management. I wish I had ...
What Causes Post-Exertional Malaise?
In Part 1 of this four-part blog series, I described what it feels like to have disabling fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM). In part 2, I summarized some ...
Validating Research on Fatigue and PEM by Professor Robert WĆ¼st and Colleagues
In March 2024, I created a short informational video summarizing a paper published by Dutch researchers from Professor R...
How are they similar, and how are they different?
Welcome to a four-part blog series on one of the most important topics in our community: fatigue and post-exertional malaise. I frequently receive em...
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How we think about and cope with chronic disease makes a huge difference to our experience and quality of life. Our mindset and beliefs can shift us from surviving in anger and grief to moving forw...
Imagine if there were a medication that could make it very hard, even physiologically impossible, to crash. How much better might your quality of life be? Or might such a pill even facilitate recovery...
This is a special bonus blog on radical acceptance. I am writing this blog as much for myself as for you. After more than a month on crutches, I notice minimal improvement in my disabling foot pain an...
What Is the Science Behind Chronic Depression?
In this blogpost, I introduce a compelling new model of depression, a model with neuroplasticity at the center. The neuroplasticity model explains much ...
Is Cognitive Decline With Age Inevitable?
This blog post is a special feature about how to improve and maintain your mental acuity. You may have been told that as you age, you can expect your cogniti...
In this blogpost, I will introduce you to the emerging field of virtual reality-assisted rehabilitation and explore whether this approach may be helpful for people with fibromyalgia and other types of...
The question of whether it is possible to recover from complex chronic diseases like myalgic encephalomyelitis and long COVID is both important and controversial. It affects how our community responds...
