Post Viral Recovery
Validated questionnaires with instant scoring, trackers that keep your data on your own device, plain readings of the evidence, and practical guidance on getting care through the NHS. For post-viral illness, dysautonomia, POTS and ME/CFS.
Questionnaires and tools
All 31 toolsFree, no sign-up, scored in the browser. Results can be saved on your device and brought to an appointment. Your saved results
- ME/CFS, fatigue and post-exertional malaise
- DSQ-Brief DSQ-2 DSQ-PEM Chalder Fatigue Scale Fatigue Severity Scale
- Function and daily life
- FUNCAP PCFS Bell score RAND-36
- Dysautonomia and POTS
- COMPASS-31 Malmö POTS Score VOSS Orthostatic Grading Scale NASA lean test
- Brain fog, sleep and pain
- Cognitive Failures Questionnaire Epworth Sleepiness Scale Fibromyalgia survey
- Hypermobility
- Beighton score 5PQ hEDS criteria checker
- Activity, pacing and exercise
- Exercise readiness screen Pacing and heart rate ceiling Exercise progression IPAQ Godin-Shephard
Not sure where to begin? Which questionnaire should I take? or Do I have POTS?
Recent posts
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Low spoon slow cooker gammon and lentil stew
A small gammon joint, frozen veg base and a bag of lentils or split peas go into the slow cooker with no frying. Shred the gammon at the end, stir in frozen spinach, and you've got six thick, salty, freezable portions.
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Low spoon gnocchi, spinach and feta tray bake
One lined tray, no boiling and almost no chopping. Shop gnocchi roasts straight from the packet with peppers, tomatoes and a whole block of feta, then a bag of spinach wilts in at the end.
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Two spoon miso noodle soup with tofu or chicken
Noodles, frozen spinach and miso in one small pan, with tofu or ready-cooked chicken for protein. Ten minutes, salty and warming.
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One spoon pouch rice with sardines or tuna and peas
A microwave pouch of rice, a ring-pull tin of fish and a handful of frozen peas. Five minutes, one bowl and around 30g of protein.
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Low spoon slow cooker lentil stew
Everything goes into the slow cooker overnight, with no chopping, soaking or browning. Ten to twelve portions of thick, cheap, high-protein stew that freezes brilliantly.
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Do I have POTS?
How to check for POTS at home before seeing your GP: a step-by-step NASA lean test, POTS symptom questionnaires (MAPS, VOSS, OGS) and the COMPASS-31 for wider dysautonomia.
What is here
- Testing
- Intervention logs: Nurosym, breathing, recumbent exercise, medications and supplements, with heart rate and HRV data where it exists. Also practical guidance on getting care through the NHS.
- Evidence
- Readings of the research behind interventions and diagnostic concepts, with the caveats left in.
- Tools
- Interactive versions of validated clinical questionnaires, plus trackers for HRV, symptoms and stand tests.
- Low Spoon Cooking
- Recipes that are low effort but high reward, rated from one to five spoons, with UK supermarket costs per portion.