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1. MS SYMPTOMS CHECKLIST FOR A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT HOW TO
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From there, I would just chase the melody. For me, if I’d lose the note, I’d remember the sound, and my hands could find the note on the bass. The task of learning to move your body to a repetitive melodic rhythm can lead us toward better coordination and concentration. Asparro assures us that, “It is almost impossible to lose the ability to process music because, unlike speech, it involves many areas of the brain.” That’s pretty awesome!Ĭoordination and Concentration- the simple task of moving our bodies throughout the day keeps us active and healthier. It is a free action, of sorts, that actually eliminates the upheaval of overwhelming cognitive action.

MS SYMPTOMS CHECKLIST FOR A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT HOW TO

Music can help us across the board.įor me, memory and memory loss play a large roll in my MS journey, so I was particularly interested in learning that music requires so many parts of the brain, it’s almost impossible for us to FORGET how to play it. After reading her findings, I better understood how we can verbalize, depression and anxiety.

I was particularly taken with Jenny Asparro’s article, “Music Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis.” Maybe I was just stunned that someone took so much time, and devoted their life, to understanding how music can help those with MS. Those who took up an instrument were significantly less likely to develop dementia. The tests showed significant differences in the onset of neurodegenerative disease between the twin who played an instrument and the one who did not.

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One study took 127 sets of twins who had full clinical, medical work ups beforehand and then had one twin take up an instrument. The medical community is now studying the impact playing a musical instrument can have on such impairments. We are in an era of high population when it comes to aging, so how we ward off neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, and even the cognitive impairment that comes with MS, is becoming a big concern. Thanks to her, I’ve played every day since. She also knew it would help me cognitively. The bass begged me to pick it up, as she knew it would. She then asked if I’d just hold onto it, and placed it near my desk. So, when my acupuncturist heard that I played the bass growing up she brought her very own bass to my next appointment.

Some therapies just don’t pique my interest, therefore they’re incredibly difficult to engage with.

I’m also a grown up and somewhat set in my ways. Yes, I am a slave to appointments and therapies, and being thrust into closed MRIS.