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I'm Improving & Maintaining Function

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Utilize Your MS Healthcare Team to have the following evaluations completed:
  • Gate
  • Balance
  • Strength/Muscle Tone
  • Coordination
  • Vision
  • Fine Motor Skills
  • Gross Motor Skills
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
  • Processing Speed
  • Attention
  • Memory
  • Executive Function
  • Speech Production
  • Swallowing

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Get Moving!

Whether or not you do well on all of the above evaluations...
You STILL need to exercise your body & brain! As they say, move it or loose it. 
Exercise Blog - Part 1
Exercise Blog - Part 2
Research Study on Exercise
  • TRY VIRTUAL EXERCISE: If it is difficult for you to travel to a gym or get out of the house during bad weather, consider contacting Daryl Kucera for exercise programs you can do virtually from your home or anywhere. Find out more at 
    http://www.powerforward.energy/
    Phone:     402-330-6292
    E-mail: [email protected]
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Pick something you like to do and work with your healthcare team to build it into your life. The choices are endless...swimming, yoga, tai chi, riding horses, biking, gardening. Depending on your evaluation, you can work with your healthcare team to design the right level and type of exercise for you.  Here is a blog to read about MS and exercise READ BLOG

Here are some helpful links for exercise: MSAA, NMSS, PT Blog 

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Preserve balance and strength to prevent falls:
http://www.fallprevention.org/
http://www.healthcarejourney.com/balance-and-walking-issues.html

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Exercise Your Brain! 
Cognitive issues can impact your personal and professional life. You can help yourself in the following ways: READ MORE

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Take Care of Yourself
Yes, we know this is common sense, but when we have a lot going on in our lives, sometimes we place ourselves last.  Staying healthy means HELPING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS...so help them by keeping yourself mentally and physically strong. This means building cognitive and physical exercise into your life. 

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Have Questions?  
Visit our Virtual MS Center and get answers to your specific questions from MS specialists!

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Find an MS Health Ally or a bunch of Allies! 
We have created this FREE service so that people with MS can find someone just like them...same type of MS, same age, same symptoms, same level of mobility, etc. so that you can gain knowledge and support and have someone to share your MS journey with...so JOIN NOW!

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  • About Us
  • Home
  • Virtual MS Center
    • Q & A for Virtual MS Center
    • Read About Our Virtual MS Center Staff
  • News & Resources
  • Seminar Registration
  • Health & Wellness
  • Blogs
    • Physician Blog >
      • Healthcare Provider Blog
    • Physical Therapy Blog
    • Patient Blog
    • Caregiver Blog
    • Research Blogs >
      • "Ask Dr. Debbie" Research Blog
      • Multiple Perspectives In Multiple Sclerosis Research Blog
  • About MS
    • What is MS?
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment
    • MS Tips
  • Symptoms
    • Balance and Walking Issues
    • Breathing/Respiratory
    • Bowel Dysfunction
    • Cognitive Dysfunction
    • Crying/Laughing Uncontrollably (PBA)
    • Depression and Anxiety
    • Dizziness/Vertigo
    • Dysphagia
    • Fatigue
    • Foot Drop
    • Hearing or Smell or Taste Changes
    • Heat Sensitivity
    • Leg Weakness
    • Loss of Hand Dexterity and Coordination
    • Memory and Mutliple Sclerosis
    • Migraines
    • Numbness/Tingling/Altered Sensation
    • Nystagmus and Oscillopsia
    • Pain
    • Sexual Dysfunction
    • Sleep Issues
    • Spasticity/Spasms/Cramps
    • Speech/Swallowing
    • Urination/Bowel Problems
    • Vision
  • MS Clinics
  • MS Topics
    • Pregnancy and Infertility
    • Caregivers and Family Members
    • Employment and MS
    • Medical Costs and Insurance
    • Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
  • Register With Us
  • Terms of Use/Privacy/HIPAA
  • MS HealthCare Journey