Is MS rehabilitation necessary?

  The necessity of rehabilitation treatment for multiple sclerosis: Drug treatment for multiple sclerosis is the core of the whole treatment, but rehabilitation exercises can help most patients restore the damaged neurological functions. Therefore, for patients who have functional impairment of limbs, speech, swallowing, urination and defecation left after the acute phase, they should carry out corresponding functional rehabilitation training as early as possible under the guidance of professional rehabilitation doctors, including unassisted functional training, apparatus-assisted training and physical therapy. In addition, swimming, walking, cycling, yoga, tai chi, aerobic fitness, etc. are all good for the recovery of multiple sclerosis as far as the patient’s ability allows. However, it should be noted that since multiple sclerosis may accompany the patient throughout his or her life, exercise rehabilitation is necessarily long-term and individualized, and should be patient-centered and family-based, with the patient’s active participation and the design of a systematic and scientific specialized family exercise rehabilitation program.