Friday Q&A: Multiple Sclerosis
Take Back Your Life by Melina Meza Q: I am curious about how yoga might be used to benefit someone with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). I have heard about it, but am not sure how to proceed. A: Thanks for checking in about this. I am surprised we have not addressed this to date, so I am happy we will go over it today! After I did my teacher training in 2001, one of the first workshops I ever attended was down in the South Bay, where a well known teacher from Catalina Island, CA named Eric Small was teaching a weekend workshop for the National MS Society on �Yoga for People with Multiple Sclerosis.� In my previous incarnation as a full-time family MD, I had cared for a few patients who had the diagnosis of MS. But honestly, it was their neurologist that really addressed their MS and its symptoms more than I did. If only I had known then what I learned from Eric back in 2001, I would have had some very powerful tools to address this serious condition. And, boy, was I...