Welcome to HealthCare Journey's 
Virtual Health and Wellness Center!

There are many aspects to feeling your best when you have multiple sclerosis. 
Many report that alternative therapies (yoga, massage, tai chi, etc.) are helpful in maximizing their quality of life.
Each month we will highlight a different health and wellness topic for you to consider on your MS HealthCare Journey.

Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs

A associate dean of NESA, C.J. Allen is certified as a Diplomate of Chinese Herbology by the NCCAOM and in the NADA protocol for Acupuncture Detoxification. C.J. has served as a detox acupuncturist at the Dimock Community Health Center and also as a clinical staff member of Pathways to Wellness (AIDS Care Project) where he assisted Dr. Tao Xie, the director of herbal medicine.
C.J. has guest lectured on Chinese herbal medicine at Boston University, Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He maintains a private practice at Acupuncture and Herbal Healing located in Newton and West Roxbury, MA. 

Diet and Nutrition

​Tad Campbell, MCN, RD, LD is a registered dietitian at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Total Life Care (TLC) MS clinic and also serves as the Education Coordinator for the Clinical Nutrition department in UT Southwestern’s School of Health Professions. Mr. Campbell was a faculty speaker at the 2013 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers conference where he presented “A Global Approach to the At-Risk MS Patient - Role of the Dietitian” along with his colleagues from the TLC clinic.

exercise

Listen to our latest HealthCare Journey Radio interview with Daryl Kucera! Daryl was diagnosed with MS in 2001. He is a certified personal trainer and young sports conditioning coach, and is also the founder and owner of the MS Forward fitness gym in Omaha, NE. Listen to this very inspiring interview! Guaranteed to make you want to exercise today! Visit msforward.org.

healing light guided imagery (hlgi)

Paula is a certified hypnotherapist who recently demonstrated what science calls "Proof of Concept" for a new type of therapy called Healing Light Guided Imagery (HLGI). Paula was diagnosed with MS in 1999. She lost her vision, hearing, ability to walk, and was in bed with fatigue for almost 18 hours a day.  Learn how healing light guided imagery (HLGI) helped her to become virtually symptom free!​

massage

Chris Manella, PT, LMT, MCMT is the therapy manager for the Andrew C. Carlos Multiple Sclerosis Institute at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, GA which is ranked by the US News &World Report among the top ten rehabilitation hospitals in the nation. She is both a licensed physical therapist (over 24 years), and a massage therapist (over 15 years). Chris helped to initiate the first inpatient massage program at Shepherd in 2006 for spinal cord injury that continues to present day. Listen to our interview with her to see if massage might help YOU manage your MS symptoms.

yoga

Mindy Eisenberg is an expert in adaptive yoga for people with multiple sclerosis.  She has practiced yoga for 14 years as an instructor and yoga therapist in Michigan at Yoga Spirit. Her book, Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body contains hundreds of yoga adaptations and photos for people with multiple sclerosis.
PLEASE NOTE:  The information on this site is provided as an information resource only, and is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information does not create any patient-healthcare provider relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment.  Please consult your health care provider before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition.