Energy-Limiting Conditions (ELC)

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How to track fibromyalgia flares with a smartwatch: sleep, heart rate, HRV and a pain diary your doctor can use

Fibromyalgia

October 21, 2026

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PEM crash warning signs: early signals in your body and your watch data, and what to do about them

October 21, 2026

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Long COVID pacing with heart rate and HRV: how to find your limit and avoid a crash

October 21, 2026

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How to support someone with a chronic illness like ME/CFS, long COVID, POTS or fibromyalgia

October 20, 2026

Lupus fatigue: why it happens, what helps, and how to pace through a flare

October 6, 2026

MS fatigue: what it feels like, why it happens, and how to pace around it

October 6, 2026

Activity and symptom diary: what to log when you are pacing, and what to do with it

October 6, 2026

Boom and bust: why the good day is the one that costs you, and how to break the cycle

October 6, 2026

The 50% rule: how stopping before you feel tired keeps you out of a crash

October 6, 2026

Best pacing apps for ME/CFS and Long COVID, compared: what each one measures and what it cannot see

October 6, 2026

Morning HRV for pacing with ME/CFS and Long COVID: how to read it next to how you feel

October 6, 2026

Heart rate pacing: thresholds, wearables and alerts for ME/CFS and Long COVID

October 6, 2026

Energy envelope: how to find your baseline for pacing with ME/CFS and Long COVID

October 6, 2026

What is pacing? A guide to pacing for chronic illness, with every approach compared

October 6, 2026

Why did I crash when my step count was zero?

September 25, 2026

Post-exertional malaise: what PEM is, and why the crash arrives days after the effort

September 24, 2026

Spoon theory explained: what the spoons really measure, and where the metaphor runs out

September 23, 2026

When a good HRV reading is not good news

September 12, 2026

Perimenopause symptoms: the ones that might actually be something else

Perimenopause

July 23, 2026

Fibromyalgia flares: why they happen and what helps

Fibromyalgia

July 22, 2026