2 Quotes by Fred Friedberg

Activities of daily living utilize energy and are in themselves, exercise. These activities may constitute an optimum amount of exercise for some patients or an excessive amount of exercise for others while for some patients, adding a suitable exercise program (exercise therapy) can improve function and quality of life.

...exercise has not been shown to produce a long term cure for ME/CFS and studies have not shown that exercise reverses the pathophysiological changes found in this illness......for many patients, adding an injudicious exercise program has caused post exertional malaise and deterioration of function