Here are a few examples of functional exercises for those living with muscle spasticity ... pulling from the top of your head. Place your hands on your thighs, fingers pointed in, and begin ...

Three medications have spasticity reduction as their primary ... A progressive disease such as multiple sclerosis might be better managed using an intervention that can escalate as the disease ...

People define themselves by their roles: good cook, sporty, hands-on father etc ... A typical scenario A patient with MS has an increase in his spasms which cause him to feel unsafe when walking ...

Learning how to label your symptoms can help you better manage your MS. Here’s how to get started ... This feeling is caused by spasms of the muscles between your ribs.

Spasticity is a symptom of conditions, like multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, and traumatic injury to the brain or spinal cord. It can look like a tightly folded arm with a flexed wrist ...

In multiple sclerosis, those attacks are directed at the central nervous system—specifically myelin sheath that protects ...

Clinical trials have shown that cannabinoids, chemical compounds like THC and CBD found in the cannabis plant, modestly improve patient-reported spasticity and pain in people with MS. Evidence ...

These muscle spasms are very brief but occur rapidly and repetitively ... Other uncommon causes include aneurysms, brain tumors, trauma and demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Currently ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes ...

Self-care with overactive bladder involves making lifestyle changes, taking medications, going to physical therapy, and ...

A mother who donated her son's organs when he died aged seven has said she is "so proud of him for saving lives". In May 2021 ...

The researchers worry that more children are being exposed to these chemicals because hand gels ... treatment option. MS is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects nearly 1million Americans. It can ...