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Keeping up with all the MS info available on the web can be overwhelming. As we find amazing blogs and info we are sharing them with you. This one is from Health Central titled Tips on How To Manage Your MS in Hot Weather. Please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. Cheers, Juli...

Keeping up with all the MS info available on the web can be overwhelming. As we find amazing blogs and info we are sharing them with you. This one is from My MS Team titled What Causes MS? Please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. Cheers, Julia What Causes MS? Posted on August...

Tips For Reshaping ThermApparel PCM Cooling Packs if your packs freeze in funny shapes and you want them flat don't stress, it's a quick easy fix. Toss them into hot water and let them melt. Lay them flat in ice water, fridge, freezer, cold surface or even the snow, if you have some. Wait...

Can ThermApparel Phase Change Material (PCM) Cooling Packs be left in the Freezer? Yes! The ThermApparel Phase Change Material (PCM) Cooling Packs can be left in the freezer. We keep ours in the office freezer and they have been there for months and months with no damage what so ever. Tips For Cooli...

If you haven't read Dave Bexfield's blog or been to his amazing website ActiveMsers.com you should stop reading now and go there quick like a bunny! Full disclosure, we are HUGE fans of Dave and ActiveMSers, not only because he gave us a glowing review about our UnderCool Cooling Vest but because he...

A few of our customers reached out to us to make sure we saw this article. It's very cool, so cool that we are sharing it here. Keeping yourself cool during exercise is a huge benefit and wearing a cooling vest while you are doing it helps even more. Study Shows Benefits of Low Temperature Exercis...

Learning the basics about multiple sclerosis is the first step toward living your best life with the condition. Key Takeaways MS occurs when the immune system attacks myelin, a substance that insulates nerve cells. There are medications that can prevent relapsesand slow the...

Surprising Diet Tips for Managing MS Symptoms Food and beverage choices can't eliminate multiple sclerosis symptoms, but they can make managing some of them easier. By Cathy CassataMedically Reviewed by Samuel Mackenzie, MD, PhD Food is a big part of staying healthy for everybody, and in some cases,...

Is There a Connection Between Fibromyalgia and MS? FEBRUARY 4, 2019 BY DEBI WILSON IN COLUMNS, FAITH OF THE MUSTARD SEED - A COLUMN BY DEBI WILSON. I've often wondered if there may be a connection between fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis (MS), and other neurological conditions. Back in the early 19...

MS research update -- New UK guidelines for pregnancy in multiple sclerosis Dobson R, Dassan P, Roberts M, et al.UK consensus on pregnancy in multiple sclerosis: 'Association of British Neurologists' guidelines.Practical Neurology 2019; Jan 5. Abstract(link is external)Read the full guidelines(link...

We're totally diggin A Chronic Voice blogs and website. So much cool info. Recently there was a blog post of the top 10 blog posts from 2018. It was so good we decided to share it with you. Read More. Please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. My Top 10 Articles fo...

"I can do more than I thought I could": exploring the online blogs from the Sailing Sclerosis Oceans of Hope journey. Broadbent FJ1, Swalwell JM1.Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of a chronic, unpredictable, and incurable disease such as multiple sclerosis can have profound effects...

This article from Multiple Sclerosis News Today was so good we reprinted it here to share on our blog in its entirety. Please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. Need to Know: The Importance of Self-advocacy BY TAMARA SELLMANIN COLUMNS, MS IN MODERATION, A COLUMN BY TAMARA SELL...

Risk of falls and gait: effectiveness of a physiotherapy circuit training on the walk function, quality of life and risk of falls in a multiple sclerosis patientsAuthor(s): A. Granja Domnguez, A. HochsprungECTRIMS Online Library. Granja Domnguez A.Oct 12, 2018; 229127 Abstract: P1287 Introduction: T...

Pilates for people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis lMiguel A.Snchez-Lastraa, DanielMartnez-Aldaob, Antonio J.Molinac, CarlosAyndhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2019.01.006February 2019 Highlights * Pilates is a safe therapy for people with MS. * Pilates can have benefi...

Ballroom dance for persons with multiple sclerosis: a pilot feasibility study Alexander Ng,Sheri Bunyan,Jimin Suh,Pamela Huenink,Tyler Gregory,Shannon Gambon &Deborah Miller show less Published online: 13 Jan 2019 Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the exercise intensity...

The effect of regular interval training on histochemical symptoms and cytokine and neurotrophic levels of brain tissue of the Lewis rats in experimental model of multiple sclerosis.AbstractBackground: Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and chronic disease of the central nervous system. Regarding...

Effectiveness of walking exercise program in improving fatigue in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patientsAuthor(s): N. Shalaby, H. Hashem, A. Gomaa, A. Elmazny, A. Ragab, H. ShehataECTRIMS Online Library. Shalaby N.Oct 11, 2018; 228794Background: Fatigue is one of the most debilitating sympt...

Effects of moderate- versus high- intensity swimming training on inflammatory and CD4+T cell subset profiles in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice. panelYuXieab1ZhengyiLib1YongWangac1XiaoxuXuebWenhaiMabYijieZhangaJunpengWangaDecember 18, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.12.0...

Author information Hubbard EA1, Motl RW2, Fernhall B3. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Multiple sclerosis(MS) is an immune-mediated, neurological disease that results in physiological deconditioning with increasing disability. High-intensity interval training exercise(HIIT) has induced si...

Please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. High intensity interval training for people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review.Campbell E1, Coulter EH2, Paul L3. AbstractBACKGROUND:Aerobic high intensity interval training (HIIT) is safe in the general population and more ef...

High-intensity interval exercise improves cognitive performance and reduces matrix metalloproteinases-2 serum levels in persons with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial Please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. First Published August 21, 2017 Research Article https...

"Let's go fly a kiteUp to the highest height!Let's go fly a kite and send it soaringUp through the atmosphereUp where the air is clearOh, let's go fly a kite!" Anyone remember this song from Mary Poppins?Two great childhood memory for me, Mary Poppins and flying kites with my dad. It is one of hi...

cool news for cool people cool news. I have heard February described as the month of night. According to the Washington Post, February is one of the most disliked month of the year.  As usual we see this as an opportunity to make February a more liked month. Many studies...

By reading, searching, learning... Here at ThermApparel we are doing our best to read all the blogs, posts, white papers and info that's out there to so we can help more people with multiple sclerosis be cooler. I came across this one today while looking through Quora. The question was, How can yo...

We are thrilled to announce that ThermApparel's UnderCool Cooling Vests are now available for purchase in Australia just in time for hot summer days at RehaCare. RehaCare is a distributor of rehabilitation products with a primary focus on therapy. They offer customers innovative and new product sol...

ThermApparel is hitting the road May 28 - June 1 to attend the annual meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers in Seattle, Washington. We are excited to attend the conference again this year and catch up with an amazing and completely dedicated group of clinicians that practice in mu...

Nominate your clinic! To start off the new right ThermApparel wants to help and acknowledge all of those wonderful people who work hard every day to make lives better and we need your help to do this. Tell us about that special clinic that goes the extra mile to make your life better, is it the phy...

Powerful list, powerful thoughts. ThermApparel  has close friends and family with MS and have watched their struggles and victories. Starting on this path of creating UnderCool, the world's best lightweight, comfortable and invisible cooling vest has opened our eyes to the world of M...

I read an amazing article this morning from Multiple Sclerosis News Today entitled. Reflections: A Letter to My Newly Diagnosed Self. by Jennifer Powell It's a quick 3 min read and the perfect way to start the New Year. Reflecting on who you are, where you have come from and where you are going an...