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Reclaim your pre-pandemic function
- By Heidi Godman, Executive Editor, Harvard Health Letter
You may have lost endurance or strength without realizing it. Here’s how to get it back.
We’ve moved past some of the immediate effects of the pandemic, with many people returning to their previous physical activities. But some people are finding they’re a bit worse off functionally than they were before COVID-19 changed the world. "Some people say they can’t walk as far as they used to, or they’re now afraid to step on uneven surfaces. They feel they’ve suddenly aged," says Janice McGrail, a physical therapist at Harvard-affiliated Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
Are these changes just a consequence of getting older, or did something happen during the pandemic to reduce our physical capabilities?
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Heidi Godman, Executive Editor, Harvard Health Letter
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