Persons with Multiple Sclerosis are often more likely to lose balance. MSSI Chennai explains the reasons why.  And six exercises that can help a person with MS improve balance. 

Persons with Multiple Sclerosis who have numbness in legs/ feet may feel less than sure footed when walking or climbing stairs. This may cause them to lean forward to watch their feet as they move, and that puts further strain on back and neck. In a good posture, the head is centered above spine and chin is level with the ground.

A heart-stirring account by Kunal Mahajan as he watches his mother-in-law, Rohini Waikar, 52, affected by Multiple Sclerosis, gradually lose her ability to walk, talk, read, remember and a bit of her life every day.

Every morning, she loses her life, one ounce at a time. She has already lost her ability to walk, talk and read. In the next two years, she will lose her ability to eat, taste, and see. Eventually, time will peel away every layer of life, reducing her living to a mere existence.

Swarnalatha J, who was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis in 2009, is 75% disabled now, but that hasn’t stopped her from achieving her goals. Here she tells us how she sets an example for others of her community in handling depression and looking forward to life even after disability.

Could you tell us about the early symptoms and diagnosis of your Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis?

New research brings us closer to the cause of Multiple Sclerosis. A new study suggests that high levels of the protein Rab32 disrupt key communications involving mitochondria. The disruption causes these "cellular batteries" to misbehave, leading to the toxic effects seen in the brain cells of people with multiple sclerosis.

The new study is the work of researchers from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and the University of Alberta in Canada. They report their findings in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.