November 3, 2023 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Study: Some types of MS pain make exercise more difficult Chronic pain can make it harder for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to be physically active, but some types of pain have a bigger effect than others, a study suggests. The findings show not just whether a patient is having chronic pain needs to be considered, but also what…
September 7, 2023 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD In MS, energy management, high-intensity exercise may have benefit An energy management education program combined with high-intensity exercise during a three-week inpatient rehabilitation program didn’t lead to quality of life gains for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with fatigue over usual care, but it did offer some benefit. In the months after the program, better cardiorespiratory fitness, gains in…
August 11, 2022 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Robot-assisted Gait Training Best for Severe Mobility Issues: Study Robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) may be the most effective form of physical exercise for improving mobility among people with severe multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a recent review study. Other exercise types, such as conventional walking, treadmill training, and yoga, may also be feasible and effective, however, the researchers…
August 8, 2022 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Stem Cell Transplant, Tysabri, Exercise, Zinc Stem Cell Transplant Found to Reduce MS Relapses, Ease Disability This is excellent news for those of us who would like to see stem cell transplant for MS become more available and affordable. These researchers analyzed 50 studies covering a total of 4,831 people with MS, ages 26 to…
July 13, 2022 by BioNews Staff Expert Voices: Exercising effectively, safely with multiple sclerosis In this installment of our āExpert Voicesā series, Multiple Sclerosis News Today asked Mandy Rohrig to answer some of your questions about how to make exercise effective and safe for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Mandy Rohrig graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelor of science in…
June 24, 2022 Columns by John Connor Fall Down, Can’t Get Up Again So Iām at my multiple sclerosis (MS) exercise class working out on a sit-down bike. Yes, I know, by their very nature bikes tend to be of the sit-down variety, but for us lot in wheelchairs, these bikes are designed so we can roll up to them and have…
April 16, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias My MS Likes It Hot, and Florida’s Just the Place Many people with MS avoid Florida. I crave it. My wife and I finally returned here in early March, escaping dreary, rainy, and windy Maryland after we received our COVID-19 vaccines. Since we arrived, the weather has been wonderful, with few clouds and temperatures warm enough for swimming outdoors. Swimming,…
December 21, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Stem Cell Study, Protein Predictor, Tolebrutinib and STEP Trials Stem Cell Therapy Shows 2-year Benefit for Progressive MS Patients in Phase 1 Trial Stem cell studies always catch my eye. This very small study involves people treated with their own bone marrow, which was collected and expanded to give it the ability to modulate the MS immune response…
April 6, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Exercise, Diet, and Myelin Regular Exercise āStrongly Recommendedā to Ease Fatigue in MS This may seem like a no-brainer. But once upon a time, neurologists told people with MS to avoid exercise. They told us it would overheat us or make us tired. Over the past few years, this advice has flipped 180…
October 14, 2019 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Mavenclad and Ocrevus Use Rising in EU, Ampyra Patent Appeal Denied, Exercise and MS Pilot Study Mavenclad, Ocrevus Use Rising in EU as Injectables and Tysabri Decline, Spherix Reports I’m not surprised at reports that the use of Mavenclad (cladribine) and Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) is increasing in Europe, or that the use of injectable disease-modifying therapies appears to be declining there. Mavenclad and Ocrevus are approved…
January 10, 2019 Columns by Laura Kolaczkowski STEP for MS to Study ‘Telerehab’ Exercise Programs Exercise and multiple sclerosis are a natural pair and shown by research to be an important part of our MS care plan. We all can benefit from getting an assessment by a professional therapist and having an exercise plan customized for our MS, but accessing exercise in a…
August 27, 2018 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Cannabis and Inflammation, Exercise and MS, a New MS Subtype Cannabidiol Increases Inflammatory Suppressor Cells, New MS Mouse Study Shows There’s quite a bit of anecdotal evidence that the use of marijuana can help reduce the symptoms ofĀ multiple sclerosis (MS). Here’s a report about a study that suggests a reason that could be happening. Non-psychoactiveĀ cannabidiol (CBD),…
February 5, 2018 Social Clips by Mike Knight MS Spasticity and You: Five Stretches You Should Try (and Why) An estimated 85 percent of people with MS experience some type of spasticity due to the disease, according to a recent report (p/w) published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Why is that important? Because spasticity is behind many of the diseaseās most debilitating physical, emotional and mental…
November 28, 2017 Columns by Ed Tobias She Has MS and She Just Hiked 500 Miles Well, 460.75 miles (741.5 km), to be exact. When I wrote about April Hester in late September, the headline on my column was “She Has MS and She’s Planning to Hike 500 Miles.” Well, she did it, hiking the Palmetto Trail from Walhalla, in the South…
April 17, 2017 Columns by Debi Wilson Address Primary Symptoms to Avoid Secondary Ones Multiple sclerosis is a very complex disease that attacks the central nervous system. The symptoms MS generates are random, affect everyone differently, and are categorized either as primary MS, or secondary MS, symptoms. Primary MS symptoms are the direct result ofĀ the disease itself ā byproducts of the damaged…