Works
PRESENTATIONS/WEBINARS/PODCASTS
Long COVID, MD Podcast interview
#28: Occupational Therapy for Long COVID
with Amy Mooney MS OTR/L
"Occupational therapist Amy Mooney focuses her practice on people with fatiguing diseases like ME/CFS and Long COVID. She joins me to discuss how occupational therapy can be a valuable addition to your recovery program. Finding ways to engage in our lives, to do the things we want to do, is at the heart of occupational therapy.
Amy shares how she has modified her practice to empower people with fatigue, and suggests ways you can engage with an occupational therapist near you."
Dr Zeest Kahn
Amy Mooney, MS OTR/L presents:
Staying within Your Energy Envelope by Modifying Tasks
“Best video I’ve ever watched for validating my PEM !”
Amy Mooney, MS OTR/L discusses the details of pacing strategies from the perspective of an occupational therapist and mother of a young adult daughter with severe ME/CFS.
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
2:30 Post-exertional malaise (PEM)
3:56 Occupational therapy vs physical therapy treatment for PEM
11:23 Pacing for PEM
27:18 Task analysis
39:00 Types of rest
41:12 Example of patient PEM symptom time course
47:15 Accommodations and Modifications
“This video has so much of the essence of the struggle.”
Bateman Horne Center and
the University of Utah Health ECHO present:
Long COVID & Post-Viral Syndromes
When Exercise Doesn't Help
Bateman Horne Center and the University of Utah Health ECHO teams join forces once again to provide a case-based learning series illuminating strategies for assessment and management of Long COVID (PASC), ME/CFS, and related comorbid conditions.
Occupational therapist, Amy Mooney, MS, OTR/L, and physical therapist, Clayton Powers, DPT address the importance of screening for PEM and redefine "exercise" in patients with PEM/PESE.
“This is brilliant and should be a MUST WATCH for GPs and anyone working in a Long COVID clinic.”
“Thank you for a detailed presentation, wish we had this just 5 years ago.”
“This is an excellent presentation. Great for everyone who has anyone dealing with these health challenges in their life.”
Amy Mooney with the Bateman Horne Center developed educational material for Rehab Professionals
Bateman Horne Center: Rehab Professionals
Occupational & Physical Therapy for Patients with PEM/PESE
These education videos aim to equip rehabilitation professionals on how to assess and safely manage patients with PEM/PESE. OT & PE for patients with PEM/PESE video series
This video series was developed for physical and occupational therapists to highlight the process of identifying post-exertional malaise/post-exertional symptom exacerbation (PEM/PESE) to provide insight into therapeutic approaches.
These short video segments will include topics intended to inform therapists who are not familiar with pacing, resting, and symptom management guidelines.
We hope this series will introduce principles of ME/CFS and Long COVID care that encourage healthcare professionals to continue advancing their knowledge about PEM/PESE.
Video Series:
Introduction Video
Why PEM Matters
PEM: The Basics
Pacing for PEM/PESE
Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association’s Sunday conversation webinar presents:
Speaker: Amy Mooney, MS OTR/L
Feb 19, 2023
Solve M.E. presents:
OT: The Role of Occupational Therapy in Care for ME/CFS - Solve ME/CFS Initiative
Speaker: Amy Mooney, MS OTR/L
September 2022
Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association’s Sunday conversation webinar presents:
Physical & Occupational Therapy for ME/CFS and Similar Chronic Illnesses
Speaker: Amy Mooney, MS OTR/L
January 2022
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
upcoming events
University of Utah Pediatric ECHO
OT/PT Treatment for Patients with Long COVID & ME/CFS
February 12, 2025
2025 AOTA Annual Conference and Expo (Philadelphia, PA) April 3-5, 2025
Workshop and poster session presentation: The Role of Occupational Therapy in Managing Post-Exertional Malaise in ME/CFS and Symptom Exacerbation in Long COVID.
prior events
Solve M.E. and Bateman Horne Center webinar presents: Caregiving
Severe ME/CFS: Care, Rights, & Research: Navigating the spectrum of illness
October 2024
CALIFORNIA PHYSICAL THEARPY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Safe Rehabilitation Practices for People with Long COVID & Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Post-Exertional Malaise & Pacing for PEM October 2023
HOMECARE & HOPSICE ASSOCIATION SOUTHWEST
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Long COVID: Occupational and Physical Therapy identifying patients with Post-Exertional Malaise & Pacing for PEM August 2023
FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
Occupational Therapist’s Perspective: The care for ME/CFS & Long COVID December 2022
International Conference Long COVID and ME/CFS Treatment and Rehabilitation Tampere, Finland
Occupational Therapist’s Perspective: The care for severe ME/CFS & Long COVID October 2022
IACFS/ME 2022 Clinical and Scientific Conference
Occupational Therapy & Physical Therapy: increasing function & quality of life for ME/CFS patients July 2022
American Occupational Therapy Association
2022 INSPIRE Annual Conference
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): The role of occupational therapy in symptom management & treatment of ME/CFS Short Course #338 April 2022
American Occupational Therapy Association
2020 INSPIRE Webinar
The Role of Occupational Therapy in Symptom Management & Treatment of ME/CFS August 2020
PUBLICATIONS
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Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation
Author and Guest Editor
Special Edition on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long COVID
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-236013
Published April 2023
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Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation
Guest Editor
Special issue on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long COVID.
Work, vol. 74, no. 4
Published April 2023
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Letter to Providers
Caring for People with Severe ME/CFS
December 2022
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Caring for the Patient with Severe or Very Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Healthcare 2021, 9(10), 1331; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101331
October 2021
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Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation
Author and Guest Editor
Research, recommendations and lived/personal experience with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-203179
July 2020
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Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, & Rehabilitation
Guest Editor
Special Edition on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
WORK, vol. 66, no. 2
July 2020
