Training with Chronic Disease(s) - With Ariana and Mike

Ariana Scalfo and Mike Thompson sit down to discuss their personal experiences training with, around, and sometimes despite, their chronic conditions.

How do they handle being disabled sometimes, and only in specific ways?

How do they (try) to avoid flares, and what do those flares look like?

How do these conditions affect their mental health and identity, especially as coaches?

When is it appropriate to "fight through," and when fighting through it is the worst idea? Is there any way to tell which option is best during a flare of symptoms? 

In what unique ways does the hybrid methodology of programming assist athletes with increased recovery needs and/or higher sensitivities to certain stressors?

Mike Thompson has Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)

Ariana Scalfo has Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, POTS, MCAS, endometriosis, ME/CFS, and PEM 

**nothing discussed during this podcast is meant to replace recommendations from your medical provider.

***FND and hEDS +associated comorbidities have an incalculable variety of severities and expressions in each individual diagnosed with them, and this podcast is not meant to represent the lived experiences or symptom profiles of anyone other than Ariana and Mike. While this podcast can offer insight into what individuals living with chronic conditions experience day-to-day, Ariana and Mike's accounts should be treated as n=1 and nothing discussed within this podcast is meant to serve as a medical resource.