By Jeff Wood

I am proposing a new model of ME/CFS that may also apply to Long Covid.

I was bedridden from 2014-2017 with severe post-viral myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). I wanted to find a solution, but the medical system could not offer one. And so, I spent years synthesizing research and tinkering with ideas, to see if I could figure out the cause of my illness and a potential treatment. I ultimately did discover the underlying cause of my ME/CFS and a treatment that would lead to my remission. Then, I proposed a new model of the disease.

This model involves the body’s connective tissue and neurological structures. I suspect this model is also relevant to Long COVID. You can read more about the Mechanical Model, here.

My story and ideas about ME/CFS went global in 2018. In the time since then, published research on mechanical conditions in ME/CFS has emerged.

Despite recent developments, ME/CFS is still broadly considered to be unsolved and incurable. I disagree with this idea, in part. It is clear that some people with ME/CFS, and Long Covid, have treatable underlying neuromechanical pathologies. The exact percentage remains unknown as I write this in 2024.

These are still early days. These are the earliest days.

More to come!