@A MyMSTeam Member, I have been swimming for about the last 10 years. I hit the pool 4-5 times a week and typically do 1800 yards (just over a mile) in the 25 yard pool. I am not ‘disabled’ when in the pool. While i am not setting any Olympic Records, I can swim freestyle and breaststroke just as well as I could when I was a fully ‘enabled’ person. If you have access to an indoor pool, I would recommend it. If you can’t swim well, get into shoulder deep water and just walk. I took a class sponsored by the MS Society about 20 years ago in which we died all kinds of water walking. Forwards, backwards, side to side. While you may not be Able to walk on ‘land’, in the water the bouancy keeps you upright .

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Hi Mike, I do my MS gym and he has some stuff on there for balance since I’ve started. I fall a lot less.

I have PPMS and I use a rollater at home and a wheelchair for long distances outside. I use a cane when I am outside for shopping and meetings. I go to physical therapy 2x week and use my cane there.

Iam at that stage now i use my walker every day Ethel's in being steady and stops that falling over
Feel. So you feel safe
Have a better day Mike
Blessings ❤️ 🙌 ❤️

Before my MS diagnosis I did some 'watering' in an pool. And, you're correct about the buoyancy effect of water. I felt SO free and able-bodied again. MS paralyzed my entire left side, but not in the pool! Wish I could have continued that all along, but too expensive😞 I've perservered for 38 years now & still walk using an upright walker! I live in a long term care center & despite the benefits of Occupational & Physical Therapies I'm considered INDEPENDENT - WOO-HOO! I do struggle with fatigue issues on a daily basis. My MS & I have become close friends; ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, despite the disabling of MS. I 🙏 for medical science to keep finding ways to make this disease a thing of the past.