Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWelcome to Living Well with MS, the podcast from the Overcoming MS charity. In each episode, your host Geoff Allix explores a different aspect of the Overcoming MS Program in greater depth by talking with experts and people with MS about health lifestyle changes. New episodes are published on Wednesdays and feature interviews with scientists, neurologists, fitness specialists, diet experts, stress reduction professionals. The podcast also features inspirational, real-life stories from people with multiple sclerosis following the Overcoming MS program, about the challenges and victories of managing symptoms through lifestyle modification.
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Ask Jack #3 | S3E38 bonus
July 21, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 40.6 MBWelcome to our third installment of Ask Jack, featuring the prodigious culinary talents of professional holistic chef Jack McNulty answering food-related questions generated by you, our community. Check out the show notes below that dig deeper into the topics covered on this episode. Set your dials to this station when Ask Jack #4 premieres on September 15, 2021, just in time to kick off autumn (for one half of the world, at least). Don’t forget to submit your questions for Jack by emailing ...
Coffee Break #19 with Joia Lewis | S3E38 bonus
July 14, 2021 11:00 - 29 minutes - 22.1 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #19, where we are pleased to welcome Joia Lewis as our guest! Our Coffee Break series is your chance to get to know members of our diverse OMS community. In each episode, you’ll join Geoff Allix for an intimate chat with a different member of our global community. Our guests will share their personal stories and talk about their challenges and victories, large and small. We hope you find common cause and a source of inspiration from the stori...
The MS Fitness Challenge | S3E38
June 30, 2021 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20.8 MBMeet David Lyons, bodybuilding champion, media personality and founder of a global fitness training program. Did we mention David also has MS? Through the MS Fitness Challenge among many other endeavors, David has dedicated his personal and professional life to helping people with MS of all abilities learn how to overcome their physical challenges and lead healthier lives. Questions: Welcome to Living Well with MS, David! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, your backgroun...
Coffee Break #18 with Rachel Knight | S3E37 bonus
June 21, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes - 16.6 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #18, where we are pleased to welcome Rachel Knight as our guest! Our Coffee Break series is your chance to get to know members of our diverse OMS community. In each episode, you’ll join Geoff Allix for an intimate chat with a different member of our global community. Our guests will share their personal stories and talk about their challenges and victories, large and small. We hope you find common cause and a source of inspiration from the st...
The Joys of Volunteering | S3E37
June 09, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBBio: Hana is an event project manager, traveler, health freak, and most importantly, an OMS volunteer coordinator. She started following the OMS program after being told she might have MS. After reading everything about the brain, neurons, nutrition and the health benefits of a plant-based diet and finding the OMS website, she decided to give it a try. Her efforts slowed down the progression of her condition and now, after five years, many OMS-friendly recipes, countless liters of flax...
Coffee Break #17 with Yasmin Neves | S3E36 bonus
June 01, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 23.5 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #17, where we are pleased to welcome Yasmin Neves as our guest! Our Coffee Break series is your chance to get to know members of our diverse OMS community. In each episode, you’ll join Geoff Allix for an intimate chat with a different member of our global community. Our guests will share their personal stories and talk about their challenges and victories, large and small. We hope you find common cause and a source of inspiration from the sto...
NEU – What’s on the Research Horizon | S3E36
May 19, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 18.1 MBJust in time for World MS Day, we take you to the forefront of research into lifestyle modification and its impact on MS health outcomes by welcoming Dr. Sandra Neate, Head of the Neuroepidemiology Unit (NEU) within the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Dr. Neate and her team are undertaking some of the most forward-facing work in this field of MS research, so unfasten your scientific curiosity and tune into this episode. Bio ...
Ask Jack #2 | S3E35 bonus
May 12, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 41.6 MBWelcome to our second installment of Ask Jack, featuring the prodigious culinary talents of professional holistic chef Jack McNulty answering food-related questions generated by you, our community. Check out the show notes below that dig deeper into the topics covered on this episode. Set your dials to this station when Ask Jack #3 premieres on July 21, 2021, just in time to get great cooking tips for summer fun (at least for our listeners in the Northern Hemisphere)! Don’t forget to submit ...
Coffee Break #16 with Rick Nelson | S3E35 bonus
May 04, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 16.2 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #16, where we are pleased to welcome Rick Nelson as our guest! Our Coffee Break series is your chance to get to know members of our diverse OMS community. In each episode, you’ll join Geoff Allix for an intimate chat with a different member of our global community. Our guests will share their personal stories and talk about their challenges and victories, large and small. We hope you find common cause and a source of inspiration from the stor...
A Holistic Approach to MS Pain and Stress Management | S3E35
April 21, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.6 MBDr. Amy Novotny is a highly trained physical therapist who has committed herself to helping people with varying medical conditions, including multiple sclerosis, learn how to manage and overcome the pain and discomfort their conditions cause. She is the creator of the PABR® method, a holistic approach to restoring the body to its full potential using its own nervous system. PABR (which stands for Pain Awareness Breathing Relief) is a combination of breathwork and body positioning that calms ...
Coffee Break #15 with Rebecca Stonor | S3E34 bonus
April 13, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 19.4 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #15, where we are pleased to welcome Rebecca Stonor as our guest! Our Coffee Break series is your chance to get to know members of our diverse OMS community. In each episode, you’ll join Geoff Allix for an intimate chat with a different member of our global community. Our guests will share their personal stories and talk about their challenges and victories, large and small. We hope you find common cause and a source of inspiration from the s...
Linda Bloom's OMS Journey | S3E34
March 31, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBOn this episode of Living Well with MS, we are excited and honored to have as our guest OMS Chair and charity Founder Linda Bloom, whose personal story arc – going from the depths of despair after receiving her MS diagnosis to finding and realizing a path of realistic hope to healthy life through the OMS Program – mimics the experience of so many members of the OMS community. Linda shares details of her personal story, along with how her journey informed and inspired her to launch a global c...
Coffee Break #14 with Katy Deacon | S3E33 bonus
March 23, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 19 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #14, where we are pleased to welcome Katy Deacon as our guest! Our Coffee Break series is your chance to get to know members of our diverse OMS community. In each episode, you’ll join Geoff Allix for an intimate chat with a different member of our global community. Our guests will share their personal stories and talk about their challenges and victories, large and small. We hope you find common cause and a source of inspiration from the stor...
Ask Jack #1 | S3E33 bonus
March 17, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 35 MBWelcome to the inaugural episode of Ask Jack, featuring the prodigious culinary talents of professional holistic chef Jack McNulty answering food-related questions generated by you, our community. Check out the show notes below that dig deeper into the topics covered on this episode. Set your dials to this station when Ask Jack #2 premieres on May 12, 2021, and don’t forget to submit your questions for Jack by emailing them to [email protected]. Healthiest Cookware Options The...
The View from Shift.ms | S3E33
March 10, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBMark Webb is one amazing human: he’s a writer, wheelchair rugby athlete and head of communications for Shift.ms, an amazing community of people with MS. Amidst all that still manages to find time to be a champion of all things MS, especially as it relates to diversity and inclusion. Join Geoff Allix in his fascinating interview with Mark and get one exceptional person’s “view from Shift.ms”. We hope you continue to tune in to more episodes of Living Well with MS, our Coffee Break serie...
Coffee Break #13 with Luke Johnson | S3E32 bonus
February 22, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBWelcome to our 13th installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, and the first Coffee Break episode for 2021, where we welcome Luke Johnson as our guest! Our Coffee Break series is your chance to get to know members of our diverse OMS community. In each episode, you’ll join Geoff Allix for an intimate chat with a different member of our global community. Our guests will share their personal stories and talk about their challenges and victories, large and small. We hope you find com...
2020: What Just Happened? And What to Expect in 2021 | S3E32
February 17, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 24.2 MB2020 was a rough year, or perhaps that’s just the understatement of the century (and this has been a pretty eventful century, so that’s saying a lot.) I am sure many of us are breathing a sigh of relief in the early days of 2021, especially with Covid-19 vaccine rollouts gaining steam and life in some places starting to resemble a shade of normal, or at least offering the realistic hope of that soon. Many of us, though, are still struggling for perspective on the surreal year we just left be...
Pilates and MS: Building Strength for Everyone | S2E31
December 16, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBBio: Rachel is a highly specialized Neurological Physiotherapist with a Masters Diploma in Neurological Rehabilitation. She teaches for the Neuro Academy supporting the development of doctors and allied healthcare professionals into MS as their specialization. Rachel is also an Associate Trainer for the NHS England commissioned Bridges Self-Management Programme. She became a Pilates instructor in 2014 and specialized in teaching the method to people living with MS in 2016. For ...
Coffee Break #12 with Alexandra Storey | S2E30 bonus
November 30, 2020 14:56 - 23 minutes - 16.8 MBWelcome to our 12th installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, and final Coffee Break episode for 2020, where we welcome Alexandra (“Alex”) Storey as our guest! As you may know, tomorrow (December 1st) is Giving Tuesday, and Alexandra is participating in our campaign to help raise much-needed funds for the work OMS delivers to our community, so thank you to her and our gratitude to everyone else in our community, from those who choose to donate to others engaged in the campaign i...
PPMS and OMS – How Do They Fit Together? | S2E30
November 11, 2020 12:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBBio: Helen was diagnosed with Primary Progressive MS in 1997 when she was 37 years old. Being ineligible for any Disease Modifying Treatment (DMT) within the UK National Health Service, she began to explore holistic approaches to managing her condition. She discovered OMS in 2008 and has followed the programme ever since. Helen lives in Conwy, a small, medieval town in North Wales. In 2017, she took medical retirement from the University of Manchester where she was a Professor in...
Coffee Break #11 with Bron Webster | S2E29 bonus
November 02, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBWelcome to our 11th installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where we welcome fellow podcast host and producer Bron Webster as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys...
A Personal Experience with MS – In Conversation with BBC Radio Presenter Erika North | S2E29
October 21, 2020 11:00 - 44 minutes - 62 MBBio: Erika started her career in the music industry at the tender age of 16, working for a PR company who represented The Rolling Stones, U2, Prince, The Spice Girls and many more. One of her earliest highlights was when Cher sent her flowers by Cher to thank her for finding her favorite brand of mineral water when she ran out of it in the middle of the night! She fell into the world of radio by complete accident in the mid-90s, co-hosting a show on London's Heart 106.2, a job sh...
Coffee Break #10 with Roy Bartlett | S2E28 bonus
October 14, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBHappy 10th anniversary and welcome to our tenth installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where we welcome Roy Bartlett as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting a...
Oils and OMS: Separating Facts from Fiction | S2E28
September 30, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 40.6 MBBio: Jack McNulty has been involved in food and cooking most of his life. He’s walked many paths during his culinary journey, including transforming himself from an interested amateur ‘foodie’ to a professional chef with classical training. Throughout his life and career, he’s explored different food cultures, grown his own vegetables and fruit and ate a lot of meat and fish along the way. He’s been a vegetarian, carnivore, omnivore and fish-eating vegan before landing on his current l...
Coffee Break #9 with Rowan Baker | S2E27 bonus
September 21, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.9 MBWelcome to our ninth installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where we welcome Rowan Baker as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 Step...
How to Juice Up Exercise for People with MS | S2E27
September 09, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 40 MBBio: Trevor Wicken is the founder of The MS Gym, the largest and most comprehensive platform for movement and mindset training for those living with MS and other neurological conditions. Since its inception, it has transformed the lives of thousands of people throughout the world. To read more about The MS Gym and Trevor’s story, please click here. Questions: What is The MS Gym? Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, where you’re from, and the journey that brought yo...
Coffee Break #8 with Geoff Allix | S2E26 bonus
September 01, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26.4 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #8, where we turn the tables and welcome Geoff Allix as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 ...
Welcoming Grazina Berry, New CEO of OMS | S2E26
August 19, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBBio: Grazina Berry joined Overcoming MS in July 2020 as CEO. She has had an extensive career, as a senior and board executive, in the public and not-for-profit sectors. She was previously CEO of The Aplastic Anaemia Trust (dedicated to research and support for those living with rare bone marrow failures) and held leadership roles at the Richmond Fellowship, a mental health and substance use services provider in the UK. Grazina is passionate, driven and committed to mak...
Coffee Break #7 with Trishna Bharadia | S2E25 bonus
August 10, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.6 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #7, where we welcome Trishna Bharadia as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 Step Recovery P...
OMS from a Neurologist's POV | S2E25
August 05, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBLiving Well with MS is proud to welcome back Dr. Brandon Beaber to the guest seat. Dr. Beaber will offer a neurologist’s point of view on the OMS program, and how to achieve better health through lifestyle intervention approaches. Questions: What’s your specific clinical philosophy as a neurologist for treating patients with MS? From your perspective as a neurologist, how important is lifestyle modification in managing your MS? Can you walk us through your thoughts on the main...
Coffee Break #6 with Johanna Lahr | S2E24 bonus
July 22, 2020 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBWelcome to our sixth installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where we welcome Johanna Lahr as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 Ste...
Top Hacks for Getting into a Meditation Habit | S2E24
July 08, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBBio: Alison teaches Instinctive Meditation, which is natural, healing and life-affirming. Alison is a meditation coach, wellbeing mentor, meditation teacher-trainer writer and teacher in self-care, meditation and wellness. Originally from Great Britain, she now lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and daughter. Her work is dedicated to teaching practices for greater self-connection, self-worth and thriving, including yoga, meditation and personal coaching. She runs sessions,...
Coffee Break #5 with Sean Kressinger | S2E23 bonus
June 29, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.81 MBWelcome to our fifth installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where straight from Cornwall (UK) we welcome Sean Kressinger as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopti...
Building Community Through OMS Circles | S2E23
June 17, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MBBio: Vickie serves as an OMS Ambassador in Connecticut. She was officially diagnosed with MS in 2017 but had her first discernible symptoms in 2011. She lives well with her MS by following the OMS program and encourages others to do the same through her OMS Circle. Vickie has been running her own Virtual Assistant company since 2003 and enjoys working with her global clients. She is active in her community, serving on the board of an education foundation and volunteering at her c...
Coffee Break #4 with Natalie Cooper | S2E22 bonus
June 08, 2020 11:00 - 14 minutes - 10.5 MBWelcome to our fourth installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where we welcome Natalie Cooper as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 ...
In Conversation with Caroline Clarke | S2E22
May 27, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBBio: Caroline Clarke was appointed group chief executive of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in February 2019, following her role as deputy chief executive over the past seven years. Caroline was the trust’s chief finance officer between 2011 and 2018 and in 2012 she was made the finance director of the year by the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She was formerly director of strategy at NHS North Central London. Prior to that she was an associate partner in...
Coffee Break #3 with Sarah T | | S2E21 bonus
May 12, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.69 MBWelcome to Living Well with MS Coffee Break #3, where we travel to the San Francisco Bay Area to welcome Sarah T as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and stayi...
Gut Health - Your Microbiome and You | S2E21
May 06, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBBio: Kim Venter is a British South African currently living in London who was diagnosed with MS in 2010. Kim is a trained teacher, professional psychological counsellor and nutritional consultant who thoroughly enjoys working with people and helping them overcome various challenges in their lives. Kim is particularly interested in Health Psychology, which is to say exploring the impact on the mind of what is going in the body. She feels that this training has increased her awareness of...
Coffee Break #2 with Vicky Argyle | | S2E20 bonus
April 20, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBWelcome to our second installment of Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where we welcome Vicky Argyle as our guest! As you now know, we decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. To honor the community that forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, this special series called Coffee Break features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 St...
Journaling as a Path to Healing | S2E20
April 15, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24.2 MBBio: Mari L. McCarthy is an award-winning and international bestselling author whose books Journaling Power: How to Create the Happy, Healthy Life You Want to Live and Heal Yourself with Journaling Power have introduced people around the world to the power journaling has to help heal the body. After losing feeling and function in the right side of her body in 1998, Mari was diagnosed with MS. Undaunted, she took up a daily journaling practice which over time helped improve her MS sympt...
Coffee Break #1 with Maisie Markham | | S2E19 bonus
April 08, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes - 7.15 MBWelcome to our first Living Well with MS Coffee Break episode! We decided to do something a little different in expanding the range of content we produce here at Living Well with MS. Since our community forms the beating heart of Overcoming MS, we are commencing this special series called Coffee Break, which features short interviews with members of the OMS community talking about their personal journeys adopting and staying on the OMS 7 Step Recovery Program, the challenges they encountered...
The COVID-19 Crisis and MS | S2E19
April 01, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBWhether one has MS or not, the world is going through an unprecedented and difficult time. So, we have created this special episode of Living Well with MS, featuring Dr. Jonathan White, to better understand the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic and how it affects people with MS. Please be aware that knowledge of this virus is changing rapidly, and we are presenting the best information that we have at time of recording, but you should check for updates regularly, with your healthcare profes...
Using Exercise to Build Neuroplasticity | S2E18
March 18, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBWe all know that exercise is a key component of healthy living, and particularly important too if you have MS, which is why it plays such a prominent role as one of the steps of the OMS 7 Step Recovery Program. But did you know that when you’re exercising your body, you’re working out your nervous system as well? Our guest on this episode of Living Well with MS, Dr. Gretchen Hawley, will explain neuroplasticity (for us lay people, that’s the brain’s ability to continually change, a sign of b...
Lifestyle Choices and Their Impacts on MS | S2E17
February 26, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBLiving Well with MS is proud to welcome back Dr. Aaron Boster, an Ohio-based neurologist specializing in MS, whom we featured last season on an episode exploring how to make the right medication choices when you have MS. Now we tap his expertise to help us understand the complicated calculus of how the lifestyle choices we make might impact MS and our overall health. We are surrounded by temptations – from that delicious pint of ice cream to the lure of sleeping in instead of hitting the gy...
A Conversation with Jessie Ace, Podcast Host and MS Blogger | S2E16
February 05, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBThanks for listening in to our second season’s second episode. Deuces are wild, so we are breaking with our usual format and setting the stage for two podcasters to have a frank and intimate conversation about their respective journeys. Joining Geoff for this episode is the talented Jessie Ace – blogger, illustrator and host of the DISabled to ENabled, a podcast that aims to inspire people living with chronic illness. Jessie has interviewed everyone from Paralympians and radio DJs to c...
A Conversation with Jessie Ace, Podcast Host and MS Blogger | S2E2
February 05, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBThanks for listening in to our second season’s second episode. Deuces are wild, so we are breaking with our usual format and setting the stage for two podcasters to have a frank and intimate conversation about their respective journeys. Joining Geoff for this episode is the talented Jessie Ace – blogger, illustrator and host of the DISabled to ENabled, a podcast that aims to inspire people living with chronic illness. Jessie has interviewed everyone from Paralympians and radio DJs to c...
A Guide to the Fasting-Mimicking Diet | S2E1
January 15, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Living Well with MS and thank you for being part of our growing podcast audience. Thanks to you and listeners like you, the podcast’s first season was a hit, with audience stats that landed us in the top 20% of all podcasts out there. Please keep tuning in and spread the word. Regardless of how people hear about Overcoming MS, the important thing is that they hear about it, and Living Well with MS is an informative tool to help make that happen! On this first epi...
A Guide to the Fasting-Mimicking Diet | S2E15
January 15, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Living Well with MS and thank you for being part of our growing podcast audience. Thanks to you and listeners like you, the podcast’s first season was a hit, with audience stats that landed us in the top 20% of all podcasts out there. Please keep tuning in and spread the word. Regardless of how people hear about Overcoming MS, the important thing is that they hear about it, and Living Well with MS is an informative tool to help make that happen! On this first epi...
Andy McKenna is Stoked on MS | Episode 14
December 20, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBBio: Since the 1980s, Andy McKenna has been a dedicated mountain biker, spending his life poring over maps, dreaming and exploring the mountains of Scotland and beyond. Turning his passion for two-wheeled adventure into a multi-award-winning mountain bike guiding and tour business in 2008, Andy is an experienced mountain bike guide and reluctant administrator who along with his wife Aneela balance their busy working lives by making sure they both takes their 'medicine’ regularly, meani...
Preventing MS in Family Members | Episode 13
December 04, 2019 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBIf you’re diagnosed with MS, your thoughts naturally gravitate to your own health and what you can do to improve it post-diagnosis. Once you’ve settled into a course of action and considered positive steps you can take to improve your health outcome, such as the OMS 7 Step Recovery Program, you might start thinking about your family. Given there is a genetic component to MS, prevention in family members (and this doesn’t just apply to kids, but siblings too) is a vital topic when considerin...