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i think she's track? as i said in my comment, every ms patient is different, but in my experience you need to be running on pretty flat ground because you're b
by andrewcooke 13y ago
i think she's track? as i said in my comment, every ms patient is different, but in my experience you need to be running on pretty flat ground because you're basically relying on rhythm (it says this in the article too - restarting after stopping is hard because you really need to think about what you're doing, but once you have a rhythm, repeating is easier). for me, kerbs are a nuisance.
also, the damage can be very specific and subtle. i currently have pins+needles / little feeling in the ends of my toes on my left feet. but i can feel my ankles fine. my thighs, on the other hand, are a random patchwork of feeling and not. and what you can feel and what you can control are often not the same (it seems like nerves that control and nerves that feel are different, and damaged separately, in crude terms; on the other hand you loose the feedback loop).
it's actually very interesting if you can get a little removed from it all (which you do after a year or so). it's amazing how much redundancy there is, for example.
ps running (exercise in general) is encouraged. seems to help the immune system and the inflammation response. in fact, i "got" ms late, after running for most of my life, when i took a year off with a chronic injury. coincidence? who knows...?
- 001sky 13y agoThis is quite insightful. Thanks for posting.
- andrewcooke 13y ago"left feet" :o) this is why i can't run fast! also "lose" not "loose", sigh...