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How multiple sclerosis (MS) makes you feel

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MS Awareness Week
Today’s video from MS Trust for #MSAwarenessWeek approaches the very difficult topic of how being diagnosed and living with MS makes you feel. In today’s video, we are joined by 17-year-old Chloe, 16-year-old Deon and Matthew and Haley, who are all either living with MS or one of their closed loved ones are affected by the condition.

Every day this week, MS trust have released a video around the subject, in a bid to help raise awareness of the condition, especially to a younger audience. As over 70% of those living with MS experience symptoms before they are 20, it’s extremely important to raise the profile of this condition to a younger audience. Talkhealth are working with the MS Trust to help these videos get as much views as possible to help raise awareness of the condition. You can view the whole video below:

If you want to take a look at all the videos from this week, head to the talkhealth blog, where we have an article for each video, or go to the MS trust’s YouTube page.

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Feel Rich By Wearing Assos Warmers

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Leg warmers are coverings for the lower legs that are similar to socks but thicker and generally footless. The legwarmers were originally worn by ballet and classical dancers. It helps dancers in keeping the leg warm to prevent cramped and injured muscles. Traditionally leg warmers are knitted by pure wool; they are typically made of cotton, synthetic fibers or both. Leg warmers can vary in length due to materials stretchiness. They are commonly worn just below the knees to cover the lower parts of thigh. Some warmers cover the entire foot; these warmers usually have a pad that grips the floor so the dancer does not slip.

Assos leg warmers available in the market come in many different styles and materials, but most look like a long sock without a foot. They are most suitable for colder spring-summer early fall days. They consist of soft rubber grips that hold warmers in place while the multi-panel anatomical design provides an ideal fit. The circumference at the ankle and upper leg is greater with larger size. Most are knit from various materials, cotton, acrylic, Lycra, nylon or silk. Some warmers have stirrups in order to stay closer to the top of the foot. Assos leg warmers also come in various lengths, from covering just the ankles to reaching several inches above the knee. The Assos leg warmers feature a closed face outer surface to enhance wind resistance while its fleecy inner surface delivers proper moisture management and exceptional warmth.

Assos Arm Warmers still sit atop the heap of quality and innovation, this you can feel by touching the warmers, they feel rich. Pull them on and you almost feel as if stretching velvet over your arms and also riding with them, they’re warm and comfy, stay in place when up, slide down easily when overheating. Depending on the place where you live, this could be anywhere from a few weeks twice a year to all winter or all summer. Arm warmers don’t get funk the way as base layers do. They have reflective tabs on the upper arm sticking out of the seam and the grippers are “welded” for durability.

The company has made other products which are beneficial for riders. On applying the Assos Chamois cream on the skin keeps your skin cooler. Apply directly on the skin and do not apply on intimate areas before each ride. Furthermore, after every laundering, apply a thin layer onto the shorts insert to maintain suppleness and elasticity. It is used by many professionals regardless of the brand of their shorts. Assos Chamois Cream simply a must recommended for riders. It eliminates the abrasive feeling of a sweaty chamois, but it does so, without making you feel like you’re all over slipping the chamois. You can bid farewell to friction between your body and your shorts, but your favorite shorts will still conform to you just like a glove. It consists of natural ingredients that prolongs chamois life, prevents bacterial and fungal infections that cause saddle sores, and keeps you cool by reducing friction.

Emiley David acts as a consultant for Wekeepyoucycling and for more information see,http://www.wekeepyoucycling.com/en/p-426-assos-roubaix-leg-warmers.aspx “>Assos leg warmers http://www.wekeepyoucycling.com/en/p-421-assos-chamois-cream.aspx”> Assos Chamois Cream or http://www.wekeepyoucycling.com/en/p-424-assos-roubaix-armwarmers.aspx “>Assos Arm Warmers .

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How do you feel today?

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Listening to Sheryl Sandberg this week on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, made me really think about our community and those that live day to day with a chronic condition. Sheryl is the Chief Operating Officer at Facebook and for the past 5 years has been named as the most powerful woman in technology on the Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women, and placed at no. 7 on the list overall.

Back in 2013, Sheryl wrote ‘Lean In’ based around how empowering women to achieve their full potential and has been quoted many a time. However, in 2015 Sheryl’s husband Dave and father to her two children died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack. Two years on and listening to her talking, the grief is still very clear to hear and very heartfelt. In the initial first few weeks and months of his death, she experienced ‘profound isolation’ as people didn’t know what to say to her. She wrote and posted on Facebook describing how she felt, which as she said didn’t bring Dave back or take away the grief but it took the feeling away of being along, because people started talking to her again.

As a community at talkhealth we know how powerful and supportive it is to be able to communicate with others about how we feel. Sheryl has now just written a new book – ‘Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy’. Option B – is based on the fact that Option A is no longer available…..She says, people don’t know what to say in times of grief and ask How are you?, but a better option is how are you today? A question that allows one to answer in the here and now as opposed to some vast ocean of time and life. Exactly the same applies with chronic health conditions it really is about how are you today, as for many it’s a real roller coaster changing hour to hour, day to day, week to week or month to month – so how on earth could you really answer how are you?

Last month I was speaking to the incredible founder of the charity Burning Night support for CRPS – Victoria and this was exactly the conversation we were having. Friends and relatives of those with chronic conditions often find it hard to understand that how you are feeling is never a steady state. If you genuinely want to ask about someone’s health and care about the response how much better is it to ask ‘How are you today’.

I read Sheryl’s book way back in 2013 and was incredibly impressed not only with her obvious achievements but also how down to earth and ‘normal’ she was and have to say was envious of the relationship she described with Dave her husband as one of a true team, so it was particularly sad to hear of his death at the time. On a totally different topic line – I was reminded of something that she wrote in the book by Kirsty Young – the interviewer, who slightly misquoted but it does sum it up “when looking for a life partners my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys… but do not marry them…” go for the nerds and the good guys something I must tell my daughter! I will look forward to reading her new book.

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Do you feel to old to start exercising?

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According to the findings of a study from the University of Dundee, published in the journal Age and Ageing, the most powerful ‘deterrent’ among the over-65s is a lack of interest, and disbelief that exercise can enhance and/or lengthen life. Yet one study on 90-year-old women in a nursing home found that 12 weeks of strength training took the equivalent of 20 years off their thigh muscle age, resulting in improved walking and mobility.
The message about physical activity isn’t working.

“Regular physical activity is vital for healthy aging. It can help delay, prevent, or manage many costly chronic diseases faced by adults 50 years or older. Physical activity can also reduce the risk of premature death”

People know the message and don’t believe it or don’t think it applies to them.

Sports England are providing a £10 million pot of funding to help older adults (55+) to get active
“Opened the first phase of our Inactivity Fund, which will focus on projects that help older adults (55+) to get active. We will be making up to £10 million of National Lottery funding available. We’re targeting older adults first because our insight tells us this age group is much more likely to be inactive: 42 per cent of people aged 55+ are inactive compared to 29 per cent of the population as a whole.”

They are encouraging innovative ideas, anything ANYTHING to get people moving more.

I have to confess innovative isn’t really my area of expertise, I see myself as a sort of middle of the road plodder rather than out of the box thinker but it started me wondering what could get the older demographic moving.

Firstly it’s hard to picture yourself doing something if you don’t see any representation of yourself out there doing that thing. Most physical activity advertising shows very happy, polished people who are never, ever sweating or actually looking like the are exerting themselves. Every hair in place and lovely clothing. (see images on this very blog!)  There might be a few genetically blessed people who do look like that, but it’s not the majority. This is me post exercise.
post exercise
And Womens Health haven’t to my knowledge (but would LOVE to be corrected) ever shown a 80 year old lady using a resistance band whilst seated on the front cover…

And it’s not just being represented it’s also about knowing what is available. Leisure centres are very good at publicising months free membership and the fashionable activities they offer (hot yoga anyone?) but how about the activities they offer for those people with health conditions or impairments? Instead of saying 50+ classes how about calling them beginner, or gentle or slow. Emphasise it will be inclusive to all. 50+ doesn’t mean anything, I know 50 yrs olds who can run marathons and 21 yr olds who get out of breath walking up stairs but a lot of non-exercises lack the confidence to start, let them know the class will be tailored for them so taking away the fear.

Giving grants to companies to install showers and changing facilities at work in exchange for them allowing employees time to exercise in the day. (healthy employees means less sick days before anyone starts getting disgruntled by this.)

How about making all changing cubicles actually big enough for a person to change in. Providing shower stalls that have hand rails for those who need assistance (and whilst they are there putting a towel hook in a space which means the towel won’t get wet!!)

Physical activity needs to be accessible. I know the argument that you can pull on a pair of shoes and go for a walk or a run by just stepping outside your door but some people don’t like running or walking and if they don’t like doing something (or don’t like doing something alone) they are probably not going to make it a long term habit.

Of course it’s not feasible to build leisure centres in every village in the UK (but I do believe we should ensure every leisure centre built in the UK now has a pool) but how about providing transport for those in the rural areas? Or provide grants to village halls to get fitness classes started up for beginners?

More (free) respite care available so adults who are also carers can have the time to do some physical activity knowing that the person they look after is being looked after safely. Free or heavily subsidised creches available for parents who want to exercise but have small children.

I think we need to concentrate our resources on the people who want to exercise. Make it easy for them. If someone doesn’t want to exercise there is little we can do about it. However maybe we can do something about people who do want to but can’t for a reason we can provide a solution to.

Hopefully some one out there is having truly innovative ideas that will get people who don’t want to exercise moving but until then how about we start with some basics for the ones who do?

What stops you from moving more? What would you like to see improve?

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