This webinar is presented by the Alliance for Healthier Communities in Partnership with CareNow Ontario.
Are you seeing clients with persistent but hard-to-explain symptoms — debilitating fatigue, dizziness, unrefreshing sleep, pain, or brain fog — and wondering how best to help when tests don’t provide clear answers?
Symptoms of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FM), often emerge after an acute viral-like illness, such as the Epstein–Barr virus, influenza, COVID-19, or other viral or bacterial infections, and they persist long after the initial illness resolves. These infections can trigger long-lasting conditions characterized by debilitating fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, autonomic nervous system instability, sleep disruption, and pain. Daily functioning is often significantly limited, affecting both basic and instrumental activities of daily living. Because they are so often debilitating and have whole-person impacts, these conditions are often best managed in a comprehensive, team-based primary health care setting, with coordinated support that includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and social work. However, this post-infectious pattern is not always recognized in clinical practice, contributing to delays in diagnosis and care.
New, evidence-informed tools are now available to support better Management of ME, FM, and POTs in primary health care settings. Created by the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) in partnership with clinicians and people with lived experience, these practical resources help clinicians identify core symptom patterns, conduct focused assessments, and build individualized management plans that include both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies. They also promote person-centred care, recognizing the wide variation in symptom severity and presentation.
Join this free Lunch & Learn webinar from CareNow Ontario and the Alliance for Healthier Communities to get an overview of the CEP tools, hear from providers and clients who have benefitted from them, and come away better equipped to identify and care for people living with POTS, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia.