Real stories • Mindset shifts • Hope for #MS warriors
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Spinal cord imaging in #MultipleSclerosis needs improvements in acquisition and post-processing to enhance its effectiveness and applicability in future clinical trials.
Systematic review from @ahmadtubasi99 @VUMCDiscoveries @BagnatoLab ▶️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
Big news for the #MS community! A new study at ACTRIMS 2026 found that current exercise habits are linked to significantly lower physical disability and better cognitive outcomes in MS. Staying active today really matters! 💪🏃♀️
Full article: tinyurl.com/4vn9ra2t
The association was strongest in people with progressive MS and those diagnosed between ages 19–30. Past exercise habits showed limited overall benefit for disease onset or progression (except slower progression in males).
What you do now appears most important.
Note: This is correlation only — people with lower disability may find it easier to exercise. Findings still support adding tailored exercise to MS care. More research needed!
Poster abstract: abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/2…
What’s your go-to exercise with MS? 👇 #ACTRIMS2026 #MS
January 2006: Cheryl Hile just crushed her fastest marathon ever — pure joy.
The very next morning? Electric shocks ripped through her right arm. An MRI delivered the news: MS at age 32.
She looked at her future and saw it vanishing — her running, her career, her identity.
When symptoms worsened, Cheryl didn’t quit — she reinvented herself.
She turned her pain into purpose by creating Run a Mile in My Shoes (RAMMS), a welcoming community for anyone with MS who wants to run, walk, hike, or move at their own pace.
An endorphin medicine for the soul.
Cheryl’s message: “As long as I can move my body, I will.”
One step, one new goal, one community at a time — she’s still moving… and showing us how to do the same.
Watch her full inspiring story here:
youtube.com/watch?v=AYRieOaN…
#MSAwareness #StillMoving #MSWarrior #RunWithMS
At 22, Patti Bevilacqua was living her dream as a high school phys ed teacher — until #MS struck with sudden double vision in 1990. 💥
She grieved the life she had planned… then completely rewrote it.
“Challenges are not roadblocks—they may be detours to unseen opportunities.” ✨
Now 57, Patti is more grateful than ever for the deeper purpose, connection, and impact #MS brought into her life.
How has #MS changed YOUR story? Drop a reply below 👇
Read Patti’s full inspiring journey here:
tinyurl.com/y93uf6bj
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#MSThriver Brenda Snow dx/w #MS in early 90s, turned her #MS diagnosis into a global patient advocacy firm tinyurl.com/2jr2evf5
#MSThriver and retired nurse Ladona Dare Brinson, dxed with #MS in the 1990s, has spent the last 15 years traveling across the country to share a simple but powerful message: “You can control your life.” tinyurl.com/2wxvrx3y #MS #MSThriver
Backward walking offers potential new treatment to improve mobility and decrease falls in #MS patients “...pilot trial indicated that backward walking training led to measurable improvements in postural stability and gait” tinyurl.com/2sxx6un7
#MSThriver Selma Blair, dx w/MS 2018 at age 46 ‘MS HAS GIVEN ME PATIENCE AND WISDOM... AND A LOT OF TIMES, FRUSTRATION’pressreader.com/uk/red/20260… #MSThriver #MS
#MSThriver Art Alexakis, lead singer and guitarist with rock band "Everclear", dx/w #MS in 2016 at age 54 opens up on TV about his journey with #MS #MultipleSclerosis
#MSThrivers Active lifestyles help support better mobility, mood in people with MS - Five-year study shows exercise offers the strongest benefits across outcomes tinyurl.com/mr2k95sm #MultipleSclerosis #MS
#MSThrivers Exercise improves MS mood and mobility, study finds #MultipleSclerosis #MS tinyurl.com/yhszfcsn