{"podcast":{"title":"Make Visible: ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS, EDS, Fibro & MCAS Explored","slug":"make-visible-chronic-illness-explored-7015207","podcast_index_feed_id":7015207,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/madevisible/feed.xml","website_url":"https://madevisible.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19258195/MakeVisible_artwork2000_nwhgpv.jpeg","author":"Visible with Emily Kate Stephens","episode_count":40,"summary":"Shining a light on complex chronic illness. Journalist Emily Kate Stephens discusses the latest research and insights with the world’s leading experts, scientists and healthcare professionals. Including ME/CFS, Long Covid, EDS, Fibromyalgia, POTS, and more, we delve into living with energy-limiting, invisible illness.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T06:20:50.842452+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-visible-chronic-illness-explored-7015207"},"episode":{"title":"#26 The truth about exercise & pacing in ME/CFS, Long Covid & POTS with Todd Davenport","slug":"26-the-truth-about-exercise-pacing-in-me-cfs-long-covid-pots-with-todd-davenport","published_at":"2026-01-23T17:30:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-visible-chronic-illness-explored-7015207/26-the-truth-about-exercise-pacing-in-me-cfs-long-covid-pots-with-todd-davenport","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-visible-chronic-illness-explored-7015207","url":"https://madevisible.podbean.com/e/26-the-truth-about-exercise-pacing-in-energy-limiting-conditions-with-todd-davenport/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kisfzdkdva8xu5h5/Visible_S1_Ep26_Todd_Davenport.mp3","summary":"Why can exercise trigger post-exertional symptom exacerbation in ME/CFS and Long Covid—and how can crashes be avoided? Physiotherapist and exercise scientist Professor Todd Davenport joins Emily Kate Stephens on Make Visible to explain why traditional exercise approaches can worsen symptoms in energy-limiting conditions. Drawing on research including the two-day cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET), Todd explores impaired oxygen use, disrupted energy production, and why this isn’t simply deconditioning. They discuss how pacing, heart-rate monitoring, and staying below the ventilatory anaerobic threshold can help people manage activity, reduce symptom burden, and improve baseline—without triggering crashes. Gez Medinger also joins Emily to reflect on the ideas through lived experience of energy-limiting illness.","meta_description":"Why can exercise trigger post-exertional symptom exacerbation in ME/CFS and Long Covid—and how can crashes be avoided? Physiotherapist and exercise scient…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3661,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-visible-chronic-illness-explored-7015207/episodes/26-the-truth-about-exercise-pacing-in-me-cfs-long-covid-pots-with-todd-davenport/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-visible-chronic-illness-explored-7015207/26-the-truth-about-exercise-pacing-in-me-cfs-long-covid-pots-with-todd-davenport.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}