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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurological condition that affects the central nervous system, disrupting communication between the brain and the body. While MS is often associated with mobility challenges, it can also impact speech, voice, swallowing, and cognitive communication skills. This is where speech therapy plays a vital role.

Jessica Allen and Spencer Ambach are speech therapists with Kettering Health Rehab & Balance Center. They explain what speech therapy is, common misconceptions and how it can help MS patients with a variety of issues.

Thank you for listening to MS Minute with DCND. Dayton Center for Neurological Disorders is a private neurology group out of Dayton, OH. Our goal is to help those living with MS with monthly educational episodes. You can find more about DCND at www.dcndinc.com.

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Dr. Derek Menkedick joins us to discuss what DMTs are and how they can help patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Thank you for listening to MS Minute with DCND. Dayton Center for Neurological Disorders is a private neurology group out of Dayton, OH. Our goal is to help those living with MS with monthly educational episodes. You can find more about DCND at www.dcndinc.com.

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One of our certified MS nursing specialists helps answer some of the most common questions she gets regarding FMLA and disability.

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Nicole Cornett, DPT,, A physical therapist with Kettering Health is the guest in this episode of MS Minute with DCND.

1:10- Pelvic floor therapy definition

1:45- Pelvic floor dysfunction and why it's prevalent with MS patients.

2:35- Bowel and constipation

3:50- Muscle weakness or over activity

4:15- How therapy can help

5:00- What to expect during an appointment

8:40- Improving the quality of life

13:00- How we can practice breathing at home

16:00- When to see a therapist

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Rachel is a patient with DCND and has been living with MS for more than seven years. She walks us through her journey of finding out she had MS after waking up numb to how she has found power in accepting it.

1:00- Waking up numb!

2:23- Finally getting answers

7:50- Symptoms and the MS Hug

10:50- How it changed her life

14:50- How to learn how to be in tune with what your body is telling you

16:57- Fatigue

18:50- Mental and physical changes

22:30- Community and how it's helped

27:26: Fight and Learn

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Physical Therapist and Clinical Specialist, Megan Skidmore, PT, DPT joins us to discuss the role of PT for patients living with Multiple Sclerosis and how it can help enhance the quality of life.

In this episode:

1:00 -What is PT

2:40- When is the right time to reach out to PT?

4:25- Care team approach

4:30- Biggest thing they help treat at rehabilitation. Working smarter, not harder.

6:00- Why moving the body is so important.

8:15- Deciding when to incorporate mobility equipment.

10:10- What to expect during your first appointment

12:15- First hand story of improvement she has witnessed.

15:30- Numbness and how PT can help

18:30- Bladder/Bowel

21:00- How long you will need PT

22:00- Other kinds of therapy

26:00- Final thoughts

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Join us for a LIVE MS Support group where the topic is on nutrition. Dr. Nicole Alexander discusses the science behind certain diets, what is recommended and things to avoid.

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Jan Baylor walks us through her journey from the first symptoms, the mourning of who she was and the mindset that gets her through every day.

1:00- What started it all. First symptom was numbness.
4:00- Workarounds
5:00- What the docs said
7:45- Knowledge is power
8:45- Why not me?
9:30- Sex life
11- Nutrition
12- What she does differently
17- Doing your research
19- They guide but you drive. Your relationship with your doctor.
20- Suicidal thoughts and how she got through them
21- Mourning who she was
23-Stress management
26- Heat and sun
30-Medication choices
33- Final words of wisdom

Thank you for listening to MS Minute with DCND. Dayton Center for Neurological Disorders is a private neurology group out of Dayton, OH. Our goal is to help those living with MS with monthly educational episodes. You can find more about DCND at www.dcndinc.com.