Review: IndeeLift
Fear of falling on the floor and being unable to get up without the help of the fire department (or heavy lifting from caregivers and...
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Walking with MS: Where Are You Going?
By Kelly Williamson Researchers have stacks of evidence supporting the importance of exercising when you have multiple sclerosis. But you...
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Breaking Down Barriers: Depression and Multiple Sclerosis
By Cathleen Julian Depression is frightfully common in multiple sclerosis, so much so that about half of those with the disease will have...
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Best Hacks for Staying Cool with MS
When the MS Foundation asked me to put together my best tips to prevent overheating with MS, I gave them advice that you can take on the...
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Climbing Boundaries
There’s never a good time to find out you have MS. But there can be really inopportune times. Michelle Theall found out just as she was...
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Test: UV Blocking Umbrellas
Are there any real benefits to umbrellas that claim to block the sun’s UV rays and keep you cooler? If true, this would be a boon for...
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Keeping Medication Cold
Some medications for chronic illnesses—e.g., interferons and glatiramer acetate for multiple sclerosis and insulin for diabetics—need to...
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Take a SEAT
All members of ActiveMSers get a series of insightful e-mails on how to live your very best life with MS. Some of those letters get such...
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Diets, Supplements and Other Treatments
The “wellness” industry is big business. How big? $4.2 trillion. And it smartly has a laser focus on chronic illnesses because we folks...
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Video Games for Balance
Using video games for exercise took off with the Nintendo Wii Fit and scientists researching the trend coined a new term to describe it:...
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Review: Alinker R-volution
Walking aids for people with disabilities or chronic illnesses tend to be straightforward: canes, poles or crutches for modest...
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Stretching for MS
Extreme muscle tightness, stiffness, and rigidity are all hallmarks of spasticity, a common symptom of multiple sclerosis. In mild cases...
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Yoga for MS
The practice of yoga has been researched extensively in multiple sclerosis and upsides abound, from physical benefits—in balance,...
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ActiveMSers' Website Redesign
After 14 years of activism, the dated website for ActiveMSers has been entirely redesigned and reimagined for 2020. This refresh was made...
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5 Ultimate MS Exercise Hacks
Quick, you need some simple, easy-to-follow cheats to get on that dang multiple sclerosis exercise bandwagon neurologists and researchers...
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Traveling with MS: Irene Seizes the Day
Irene takes her first solo trip abroad since her diagnosis with MS. Here she recaps her rather exciting trip to the "laidback" town of...
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High Intensity Interval Training Pays Off
Sarah Conrad, a year after being diagnosed with MS, was on the summit of Kilimanjaro. To her right was Lori Schneider, the first with MS...
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CrossFit Fortitude
The Discovery Health Channel calls CrossFit “… a well-rounded and very efficient way to achieve a higher level of fitness… that does not...
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Cycling Adventures on an Epic MS 150
For some of us with multiple sclerosis, just getting on a bike is an adventure, like the lost art of tipping over without pedaling one...
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From Barely Walking...to Ironman
Mark Van Meter was diagnosed with MS at the age of 20. In a flash he had gone from fully active and healthy as an avid wrestler to a...
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Ashlea Deahl Gets Moving
"Forget about what you can’t do—do whatever you can to keep moving." So says a defiant Ashlea Deahl, who was diagnosed with multiple...
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