Caregiver Perspective: Mental Health Caregiving...Note: It did not work. I did not pull him into the floor.... By Donna Steigleder5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
How to Manage Muscle Spasticity for Improved Voiding of Bladder and Bowel...What is even more interesting about the hip adductors is that they attach to the very same bone that the small pelvic floor muscles do.... By Rebecca Ironside, MSPT3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments16 comments
Caregiver Perspective: Delirium and UTI's - What's the Connection?...However, he believed that he could and determined that I would pull him onto the floor so that he would be able to walk.... By Donna Steigleder2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
The Day the Poltergeist Moved In, Set Up Shop, and Wielded a Nightmare: Part 1...At one point I was ejected off the bed to the floor.... By Jenny Angus3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments11 comments
The Little Things...I’ll be out and have a sip from a fresh IPA and it seems as though time has stopped as I close my eyes and... By Devin Garlit3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments40 comments
Getting Fit...Once I’m tired of standing up, I stretch out an old exercise mat on the floor.... By Therry Neilsen3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments15 comments
Never Apologize...Yes, I was lying down on the bathroom floor crying and peeing at the same time.... By Nicole Lemelle2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments14 comments
5 Random Sensory MS Symptoms...I haven't had RLS in years, but now I experience what's possibly just a different flavor of it.... By Matt Allen G4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments109 comments
My MS Sensory Overload Experience...If I am not expecting it, it will literally crumple me to the floor in tears. ... By Devin Garlit5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments90 comments
Darkhawk: An Interview About Marvel's New Superhero With MS...For many readers, this was a really exciting character to get in on the ground floor. He had all the markings of the next Marvel... By Editorial Team 5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments14 comments
When Not 'Getting It' Turns Fatal...spread into her hip bone.... By Dianne Scott3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Trekking Poles: Not Just For Hiking...If you plan to use trekking poles inside of buildings, I recommend that you add rubber tips to the spikes to protect floor surfaces and to... By Lisa Emrich4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Lessons From My Grandfather's MS: Part One...In it, I mention some of my experience growing up with someone else who had multiple sclerosis and how it contributed to By Devin Garlit4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Why Using a Urinary Catheter Can Cause Constipation and What to Do About It...I work as a pelvic floor physical therapist and I treat a lot of patients who rely on catheters to void urine.... By Rebecca Ironside, MSPT3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments12 comments
Still Living With a MonSter...I woke up while being transported on a rolling cart. Heading to the main floor. Frequent UTI symptoms. Peeing through a catheter. Lucky me.... By Nicole Lemelle2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
A Service Call to Dog Lovers With MS...He had changed his sleeping position (he began sleeping on the floor under my bed rather than in his comfy bed), he... By Amy Lynn Hubbard, PhD5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments39 comments
MS and Knee Surgery: My Total Knee Replacement Adventure, Part 2...After surgery, a straight line drawn from hip to knee to ankle could ring the chimes of high noon on my imaginary leg clock.... By Lisa Emrich4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Unique Considerations About Sex for Men With MS...Having an orgasm is similar to the elevator rising to the third floor of the hotel.... By Rebecca Ironside, MSPT3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Money isn't Everything — But It Could Buy a Lot of Happiness...If nothing bad happens and I don’t have a stroke, I can hold steady. I could have a little peace of mind--if I only... By Kim Dolce3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
How to Manage Spasticity While Sitting in a Chair...Two of the muscle groups that are affected by spasticity in those with MS are the hip adductors and the gastrocnemius complex or calf musculature.... By Rebecca Ironside, MSPT2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments