Rita from Massachusetts

Rita, formerly an actress and dancer, shares her personal journey with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a condition that significantly impacted her ability to perform physically. Facing the challenges of POTS, she redirected her creative passions into writing, which became a new avenue for expression and coping. Rita highlights the CHOP exercise protocol, a regimen developed to help individuals with POTS improve their symptoms through carefully structured physical activity, as a key factor that greatly enhanced her quality of life. This episode underscores the potential benefits of non-pharmacological approaches like exercise in the management of POTS.