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Episode 55: Dr Raouf Gharbo - HRV, breathing and sleep

TLC Sessions - Living with Long Covid

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The Importance of Sleep in Chronic Pain

Fibromyalgia sufferers need three months of good sleep to improve their pain. The key is not overstimulation, but parasympathetic depletion - the nervous system's lack of nutrients and function. If you can physiologically defuel your hypervigilant, you can improve coping. So that will take three months.

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