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faithorn1
faithorn1
I recently had a knee brace made because my knee keeps giving out. I had an MRI done and they found that I had quite a bit of arthritis . My Dr. sent me to therapy and I do exercises at home also. My orthopedic had told me that I probably won't be able to strengthen my leg anyway because of my MS. Have any of you been able to strengthen with exercise no matter how weak that you were?
flyer1
flyer1
Hi. Do your knees give out due to the arthritis? Or muscle/nerve issues related to MS? Also, you mention exercise no matter how weak you are; is this weakness MS fatigue? Depending on your responses, your Orthopedic may not be correct.
LillyPotter
LillyPotter
hugs, faith - that is such a good question - or it would be for me as I have so many different things going on physically that it gets confusing to me, never mind the drs.

surprisingly, I need to keep things sorted out - they don't do that. it is extra hard when my memory is being difficult as it has been being for a good bit with a combo whammy of MS and seizures increasing.

I think we can increase strength if we can continue to move - I don't know of anything that would stop our strength from increasing due to MS... as long as we are moving the limbs and muscles - but that doesn't mean our limbs won't drop us when the nerve mssgs are not received - maybe that is what the ortho was trying to say???

sometimes they say the most negative things and I wish I had an erase button. check it out with neuro, hugs, that just doesn't sound right

and high fives on getting your brace made!!!! good for you!! why not physical therapy - I have been wanting to go for a long time but my neuro says no...because of these seizures...