Category: multiple sclerosis
Exercises for people with MS
A new resource from the Multiple Sclerosis Trust (UK): Exercises for people with MS.
When Exercises for people with MS was launched in 2004 it was the first publication designed to build on the evidence that exercise was good for people with MS. It offered people with MS and health professionals simple guidance about appropriate exercise [...]
Reality Check, Anyone?
In the absence of a dramatic relapse, it seems to take me weeks to recognize a downturn. And the thing that should really tip me off is my sudden inability to exercise.
But no. I spend weeks berating myself for not being able to do four or five workouts a week “like everyone else”. There doesn’t [...]
Exercising with MS
Here’s a good, basic, article from United Spinal:
Exercising With Multiple Sclerosis: It’s Not Rocket Science
One mistake that many people make when they start exercising regularly––whether it’s lifting weights, circuit training, or performing cardio––is focusing on what everyone else in the room is doing. Bad idea. Naturally, when you notice others at the gym lifting [...]
It’s all Relative
Yesterday I felt like I’d been hit by a truck.
Today I feel better – more like I’ve been hit by a Fiat.
Silica and the Inventor of the Electron Microscope
Other people with chronic illnesses report that they are frequently accosted by people who press weird cures on them. This doesn’t seem to happen to me very often (maybe I scare them away), but it did the other day.
A kind of hippie-ish guy fell in with me as I was crossing the street. He was [...]
Goofy Things You Read about MS
From today’s paper:
On Labor Day that year Clark’s sister was able to talk her through an attack, which was brought on by the stress of planning to go away for the weekend. After that, she was able to stop several other attacks by relaxing during stressful times.
“Talk her through an attack”? Maybe it’s a variation [...]
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