The lost art of convalescence, stopping is part of the cure - Medicine. Convalescence is for the necessary recovery of physical and mental fitness.
Today the concept has been revised from a of rehabilitation, first as a period of recovery of vital energy and then as a restoration of ordinary activities. For example, after pneumonia, flu or herpes zoster there is a strong increase in cardiovascular risk, especially in the first days after recovery, and it would be it is advisable to consider 4-5 days of rest.