March 29, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: COVID-19, UK ‘Mega-trial’, Pilates, Rituximab Certain Factors Worsen Outcomes in MS Patients With COVID-19 The worse your MS disability is, it seems, the worse the outcome if you’re infected with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. If you’re still debating whether to get a COVID-19 vaccine, this might help you make up your mind.
March 23, 2021 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Pilates Helps Men With MS Gain in Balance to Lower Fall Risk, Study Finds Pilates, done regularly, can significantly improve balance and posture inĀ men with multiple sclerosis (MS), helping them to avoid falls and the injuries they can bring, a small randomized trial in Iran reports. The study, āEffect of Twelve weeks Pilates training on functional balance of male patients…
September 5, 2017 News by Iqra Mumal, MSc MS Society of Canada Creates ‘Wellness Toolbox’ to Help Patients Manage Their Disease The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada ā with input from both experts and patients ā has developed a "wellness toolbox" with strategies to help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients cope with their disease. Wellness is becoming a big area of research, particularly in patients with chronic diseases such as MS. With an estimated 291 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013, according to the Multiple Sclerosis International Foundation, Canada has the world's highest incidence of MS. While pharmaceutical and scientific research are advancing in the therapeutic area, studies are also underway to determine the contribution of wellness factors such as nutrition, physical activity and emotional well-being -- to quality of life for MS patients. With that in mind, the Toronto-based MS Society of Canada conducted a Wellness Survey, which led to the launch of the HermĆØs Canada | MS Society Wellness Research Innovation Grant. These grants are awarded to scientists conducting research on MS and wellness factors. The University of Saskatchewan, which received one such grant in 2016, investigated the effect of Pilates in people with MS. The study recruited 30 MS patients. Half took Pilates classes twice a week and massage therapy once a week, while the other half only did once-a-week massage therapy. Results showed that patients who took Pilates classes saw an improvement in their overall condition, compared to patients in the control group. To create its wellness toolbox, the MS Society of Canada received input from MS patients about strategies that have helped them manage the disease and live a full life.
June 14, 2017 Columns by Mike Knight How Pilates Changed My Life ā¦ and My MS, Part Three: Mariska Brelandās Pilates Tips Note to readers: This is the last of a three-part series focusing on the valuable role Pilates has played in my life with MS. If you missed the first two, youāll find them here and here. This column focuses on…
May 31, 2017 Columns by Mike Knight How Pilates Changed My Lifeā¦And My MS, Part Two: Mariska Breland Practices What She Teaches Like so many people with MS, Mariska Breland remembers the diseaseās onset as a combination of strange, seemingly disparate maladies that included tingling in her left thigh, numb feet, skin that felt ātoo thickā around her toes, foot drop, and double vision. One left her…
February 17, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Fitness Trainer and MS Patient, Dolly Stokes, Launch BFitLifestyles Website with Husband Dolly Stokes, a fitness trainer andĀ multiple sclerosis (MS)Ā patient,Ā and her husband, Jeff Stokes, have launched the website for their fitness and wellness company,Ā BFitLifestyles, providing information on how to live an active and healthy life. The Stokes, owners of three fitness-related companies in Fairhope, Alabama ā DollyBFitness, BFitLifestyles, and Stokes…
October 4, 2016 Columns by Ed Tobias Pilates: A Good Therapy for MS? Have you tried Pilates to improve your mobility?Ā When my wife and I tried it, a few years ago, I thought that it was sort of like doing yoga stretches using exercise equipment.Ā It felt good and, for the short time that I did keep it up, Pilates seemed…
June 27, 2016 Columns by admin An MS Patientās View: Ianās Review of the Weekās News In my weekly news review, I take a brief look, from my MS patient’s view, at a few of the stories behind the headlines that have appeared onĀ Multiple Sclerosis News Today over the last seven days. 14 Celebrity Ambassadors For the Multiple Sclerosis Cause It looks as…