Emerge ACT

28/05/2026

What are your pacing tips? Do you take scheduled rests too?

28/05/2026

Young members (teens and early twenties) can join our Lounging Lizards private Whatsapp group to connect with others with ME/CFS, Long COVID or fibromyalgia. To find out more, contact mecfs@arthritisact.org.au.

27/05/2026

Learn how to perform the 10-Minute NASA Lean Test in this instructi...

27/05/2026

This National Reconciliation Week, we reflect on our shared history and our shared future.

Reconciliation is more than a word, it’s a commitment to listening, learning, and walking together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Let’s continue building respectful relationships, creating opportunities for truth-telling, and working toward a more just and united Australia.

Emerge Australia is dedicated to listening, learning, and acting in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We invite anyone interested in collaborating or sharing their story to reach out to us. Together, we can create a future where everyone affected by ME/CFS and long COVID receives the care and support they deserve.

More information: https://zurl.co/OD3LT

26/05/2026

Exercise is a tough one with post exertional malaise (PEM), but for some people it can be done safely. Our clinical team at Arthritis ACT are here to help you introduce exercise and therapeutic movement gently when the time is right and your condition is stable. We are focussing on upskilling our clinical team to make sure any movement or intervention is helpful rather than harmful for our ME/CFS and long COVID clients.

For many with PEM, exercise is not appropriate and may never be, so we will continue to support you through pacing education, social support and sharing of resources, and validation of your unique circumstances.

26/05/2026

Everyone who lives with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, long COVID or similar conditions will know how frustrating it is to live with a condition that can be made worse by overactivity of any kind. Managing your condition to reduce pushing and crashing is key. We have been running a self-management and pacing education course for a couple of decades now to help you to understand your condition. A self-paced version is now available where you can progress through pre-recorded material at your own pace and energy.

25/05/2026

On today and every Tuesday! Available for any member who has a chronic condition with pain or fatigue.

24/05/2026

On this week and next at our Club Tortoise groups - Tuesdays at 10am and Thursdays at 10:30am. To find out more info or join a group, email mecfs@arthritisact.org.au

14/05/2026

Need a breather after all the ME/CFS Awareness Day events? We have a free playlist on our YouTube channel of some of the breathing and relaxation exercises we introduce in our Self-Help Course to promote restoration.

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12/05/2026

Our ME/CFS Awareness Week continues. Calling people in the ACT region who live with ME/CFS, or ME/CFS-like illness! We are putting together a parallel online and in-person exhibition called "See all of M.E." and we want your entries!

Contact mecfs@arthritisact.org.au for more information.

12/05/2026