Bikes For Ms Patients

It s important to keep fit especially when you have ms.

Bikes for ms patients.

While we can t safely gather for the events we know and love we are thrilled to bring cyclists together on september 26 and october 17 for bike ms. Inside out is the first ever nationwide bike ms event that lets you build your own adventure. For people with ms symptoms such as fatigue iffy balance weakness and muscle spasticity can make traditional bike riding seem difficult or impossible. A tension knob between the handlebars lets you set very precise resistance.

While there is a great. There are a variety of adaptations now available so that someone who wants to ride might just find wheels that will work. The resistance system is key and with the bike ms you get an impressive inertia equivalent of 46 2 pounds. It is a device that functions just like a bicycle except you pedal with your hands.

Conventional bikes can be modified in many ways to accommodate people with ms says matthew castelluccio an adaptive sports coordinator and patient mentor at helen hayes rehabilitation hospital. In a recent meta analysis of research into the medical efficacy of exercise for ms patients 1 the authors evaluated results based on the expanded disability status scale edss. An upper arm ergometer is often referred to as a ube bike. She came up with the idea of building a bike that was particularly difficult to ride complete with small dysfunctions in the gears wheels and frame to illustrate what it s like living with ms.

Cooke brought together a team of neurologists physiotherapists bike mechanics and ms patients to help design the bike. Unlike traditional exercise equipment including stationary bikes that must be powered entirely by the user a theracycle works with your body to help users exercise for longer periods and maintain a speed shown to reduce symptoms of parkinson s ms and other neurological conditions. Necessary medications and. Having multiple sclerosis can make normal everyday tasks difficult.

Replicates a road bike. Bike ms is more than the ride of a lifetime. More than other types of exercise bikes indoor cycle trainers help you train for outdoor rides by replicating an on the road sensation. From tying your shoes to writing a letter you may even struggle with exercise depending on the severity of your symptoms which differ from person to person.