Using Lightning Process to break cycle of fatigue in long COVID

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Using Lightning Process to break cycle of fatigue in long COVID

February 2025

By Bruce Arroll and Jenny Oliver

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 12:25 AM

Track cyclist Nicole Shields used the Lightning Process to recover from long COVID; just months later, she won an Olympic silver medal [Image: Supplied]

This article discusses the Lightning Process, which is being found to be effective for some people with long COVID, with no harms reported

Following the Lightning Process intervention, 11 of the 12 participants were 85 per cent back to normal or better The epidemiology of long COVID

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References

1. Baker M, Lorgelly P, Crossan J, Tate W. Long COVID – Are we taking it seriously enough? [webinar] The Helen Clark Foundation, 3 April 2024.

2. Arroll B, Moir F, Jenkins E, et al. Long COVID: An audit of 12 cases of long COVID following the Lightning Process intervention examining benefits and harms. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2025; in press.

3. Parker P, Aston J, de Rijk L. A systematic review of the evidence base for the Lightning Process. Explore (NY) 2021;17(4):372–79.

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