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UK:NHS: Feel Good Tennis for Long Covid

Discussion in 'Long Covid news' started by John Mac, May 28, 2024.

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  1. John Mac

    John Mac Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    John Mac, May 28, 2024
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  2. Trish

    Trish Moderator Staff Member

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    Unbelievable. An NHS 6 week program at a tennis club for pwLC to learn to play tennis while also getting lifestyle advice.

    This from an NHS that is falling apart from lack of funding and clinicians and they waste money on this.

    The world's gone mad.
     
    Trish, May 28, 2024
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  3. Eleanor

    Eleanor Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Week 1: 'Understanding Long Covid' and 'Symptom Recognition'. As long as those symptoms don't include 'being too ill to play tennis'.
     
    Eleanor, May 28, 2024
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  4. Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Too bad the Surgery only gets 2 1/2 stars out of 5 on Google.
     
    Jonathan Edwards, May 28, 2024
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  5. EndME

    EndME Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Too bad I already know how to play tennis otherwise I'd have found my cure...
     
    EndME, May 28, 2024
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  6. Amw66

    Amw66 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    My daughter taught tennis to kids for a while ... I wonder if it pays better than lab work ( rhetorical question , of course it will )
     
    Amw66, May 28, 2024
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  7. NelliePledge

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    Psychosportbabble
     
    NelliePledge, May 28, 2024
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    FMMM1 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Actually I wonder if it's worse than that i.e. the system has incentives that/encourages this crap - give patients something like this, get some +ve feedback on the evaluation forms --- some +ve's to base the trust chief executives bonus on!
     
    FMMM1, May 28, 2024
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  9. EndME

    EndME Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Especially if you don't have Long-Covid and just sign-up because you want to learn tennis, supposedly for free.

    As far as I can see the programme doesn't even state that participants have to have Long-Covid or that there is any verification that you do have LC, wanting to understand it seems sufficient "supporting participants understand and or deal with the symptoms of long covid".

    On can easily sign-up by entering ones details here, no reference to health or anything required, just your name: https://www.feelgoodtennis.co.uk/programme/.
     
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  10. RedFox

    RedFox Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    This is a racket.
     
    RedFox, May 28, 2024
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    SNT Gatchaman Senior Member (Voting Rights) Staff Member

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    Smashing.
     
    SNT Gatchaman, May 28, 2024
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    Will they be teaching P-ACE-ing?



    groan :D
     
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  13. rvallee

    rvallee Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    This could be turned into a good parody, similar to Mitchell & Webb's Homeopathic A&E. Just switch the homeopathy to therapeutic recreation and you basically don't have to change anything.

    Got cancer? Oh we can sign you for our pottery class. Broken leg? We got a great ski course for you. Brain aneurysm? Let's get that patient to the comedy club, stat!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0


     
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  14. JemPD

    JemPD Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    :rofl::rofl::rofl:
     
    JemPD, May 28, 2024
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    SNT Gatchaman Senior Member (Voting Rights) Staff Member

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    Lol yes! - "The ACE trial" characterised as "a swing of beauty".
     
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    alktipping Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    those who fail to improve can just be called sore losers.
     
    alktipping, May 28, 2024
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  17. Trish

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    Serving up a load of balls. Crossing the line. Underhand...
     
    Trish, May 28, 2024
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    YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!!


    :rofl::rofl::rofl:
     
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    shak8 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    And what would poor Rafa have to say about this tennis defamation.
     
    shak8, May 29, 2024
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  20. Sean

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    Even if you lose you still have plenty of love.
     
    Sean, May 29, 2024
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