The MSing Link

The MSing Link

Hosted by: Dr. Gretchen Hawley PT, DPT, MSCS

Do you have Multiple Sclerosis and have goals of improving your mobility, energy, and motivation? On this show, you’ll learn MS-specific exercises and symptom management strategies to help you gain control over your...

Episodes

161. Speech-Language Pathology for Multiple Sclerosis w/ Dr. Marissa Berrera

Season #1

Today I am talking with Dr. Marissa Barrera, the Assistant Dean of Health Sciences and Director of the Graduate Program in Speech Language Pathology at the Katz School of Science and Health at Yeshiva University in...
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160. Reducing Clonus in Multiple Sclerosis

Season #1

About a month or so ago, I posted on social media about the topic of clonus in multiple sclerosis. And to my surprise, a lot of people didn't know what it was, and they were hearing about it for the first time. So I...
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159. Improve Walking in MS with PoNS

Season #1

Today, I'm interviewing Dr. Whitney Patrickson and Dr. Naseem Chattawalla about a newer electrical stimulation device that helps improve walking. This device is called PoNS. On today's episode, we'll learn more about...
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158. 5 Year Anniversary of The MSing Link Online Wellness Program

Season #1

This is a very special episode for me because I am celebrating the five year anniversary of The MSing Link, my online MS wellness program. Join me as I share the story of  The MSing Link program from it's very...
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157. How to Manage MS Spasticity w/ Dr. Barry Singer

Season #1

On today’s episode, we talk about symptom management for spasticity in addition to the different types of spasticity and similar symptoms. This episode is chock full of his best recommendations for therapies and...
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156. MS Holiday Gift Guide 2023 - Best Tools for MS

Season #1

Welcome to my 2023 MS Holiday Gift Guide. The gifts that I have for you this year are geared towards improving your mobility, which includes walking, reducing inflammation, improving neuroplasticity, and recovering...
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155. Health Insurance & Medication Coverage w/ Marissa Shackleton

Season #1

Marissa Shackleton is the Executive Director at The Elliot Lewis Center in Wellesley, MA. The Elliot Lewis Center is a comprehensive care center for patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurologic disorders. On...
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154. Reduce Fear of Falling by Improving Proprioception in MS

Season #1

I received a really great question from one of my MSing Link members recently, and this is a question that a lot of people with MS have asked me over the last 10 or so years so I wanted to bring this question up on...
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153. Red Flags That Warrant a Visit to an Eye Doctor w/ Dr. Rani Banik

Season #1

Dr. Rani Banik is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained neuro-ophthalmologist with additional training in Integrative and Functional Medicine. On today’s episode, we talk about how MS and other...
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152. Neuroplasticity for non-MS Diagnoses

Season #1

One question that I get every single day, and probably multiple times per day, on all of the platforms that I show up on is are your exercises good for me and would your MSing Link program be good for me if I don't...
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151. Disability Rights & Diversity Equity w/ Prasanna Ranganathan

Season #1

I have a very special guest with me, Prasanna Ranganathan. He is a human rights lawyer, diversity, equity, and inclusion practitioner, accessibility advisor, documentary filmmaker, and author. And I'm not sure if you...
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150. How to Stand Up From The Floor

Season #1

Today is my second podcast episode where I am contributing to my If This, Then What series. Today we're going to be talking about If This, Then What: If You Fell, or if you landed on the floor, and you need to know...
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