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Hmmm, outside temeperature does not seem to have influence...10 degrees C or 27 degrees C (it's a pool at our holiday home, we swim from April to October in weekends en during 3 week holiday in august)

I think it has to do with the movement in the water, i can walk in the water significantly better and easier moving around than outside the water.
And hasnt movement a positive influence to the blood flow? Although i got no idea what it does to my hypoplastic azygos....

Hi Robni:
Of course it is movement in the water which gets the blood circulating. I was just saying that exercise which heats up the body for MS patients can actually make them feel worse whereas exercise in the water prevents the heat build up. Can you try kicking your legs in the water by lying on your back (or front if you have help), in other words swimming in some way? That really gets the whole body moving and the blood circulating through the brain. During the summer I can swim every morning now and that dramatically improves my health. (Only drawback. Swimming can weaken the quadriceps muscles since other muscles in the legs are at work, so I have to do deep knee bends afterwards to keep those muscles in shape.) A good swim actually is more effective than acupuncture in getting the blood moving.

Dr Sclafani: I don't know why heat weakens MS patients but it does. Swimming allows for body movement without the heat build up problems. Meir Schneider who has been very successful giving exercise treatments to paralysed people put a cold cloth down the whole length of my spine which allowed me to lift my legs which I couldn't do before. (He also uses acupressure points to strengthen muscles as do kinesiologists.) During the summer I can swim every day. I can feel the blood stagnating in my brain which brings on a heavy depression, and after a swim I'm freed and in heaven. Blood circulation.

Hi Vesta,

I understand, but i dont get worse from the heating of exercise.
Sometime i can not climb' on the walking bel at the physio; just can lift my foot. Then i do other execises (leg press, torsion) after that a 5-10 minute break and.....there i go on the walking belt

Next time you see Dr Sidiprotomo, please give him my regards. Perhaps I can visit him at some conference and give lectures on CCSVI and then help him do your procedure. Just an idea.

DrS

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Salvatore JA Sclafani MD
Patient contact: ccsviliberation@gmail.com

but generally you are warm in clothing during winter. In the water there is lots of opportunity to exchange heat through the skin

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Salvatore JA Sclafani MD
Patient contact: ccsviliberation@gmail.com

True ofcourse, the body is always warmer than the water. Hmm, maybe
Stand stil for an hout in the pool to test

careful, get too cold and you might stiffen up

i find it ironic that i have many patients who are intolerant to heat as it causes them to get weak, but also intolerant to cold as it causes spasticity to act up

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Salvatore JA Sclafani MD
Patient contact: ccsviliberation@gmail.com

Goldilocks.

Hi Robni:
My messages keep getting cancelled. When I visit the Kiné (physical therapist), often I can’t lift my leg well but once the “mechanism” gets going (muscles, nerves etc) then I can do the exercises. Sounds similar with you. I can’t exercise energetically enough now to get overheated anyway, swimming is the most energetic exercise I can do. I have a problem knowing my limits. I was a ballet dancer once and one takes pride in pushing oneself to the limit, so now I’m careful not to set myself a goal because I get stressed (bad memories) and then finish with a minor “attack”. Sounds like you are keeping in shape. Keep on exercising in the pool when you can. Thanks for the input.

Dr. Sclafani: If I get a fever or even take a very hot bath my legs turn into noodles, on the other hand if the water in the pool is too cold my muscles start to freeze up (otherwise I don’t have a spasticity problem.) so I try to keep the water temp at 27° C Lack of myelin sheath leaves nerves unprotected?

No, CuriousRobot, it’s not Goldilocks, it’s Princess and the Pea.

I also wonder whether the Vascular changes from PTA or the blood flow changes as such are the tip of an Iceberg of things that are modified or changes by PTA.
There are many interlinked systems that the blood flow influences and to isolate the health gains as being blood flow only is limiting our knowledge of 'MS' and other degenerative diseases that are implicated in CCSVI.
It is almost like Neuro's using the comment, 'Oh it's because of your MS' whenever you ask questions.

Regards,
Nigel

Dear dr. Sclafani,



Yes, i'll sure give him your regards if i meet him again. And yeah please dr. Sclafani, if you ever meet him, please explain to him about CCSVI. It will help alot for pwMS here in Indonesia.

Thank you very much for your help.

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Warm regards,
Linda

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