Friends,
Balance with MS is tough – let’s prevent falls
How many ways can we prevent falls and improve our balance and life with MS? The simple answer…a lot. We have lots of people trying different things. Some are having success with some things and others are having success with others. The people who are making the most progress are the people who are working hard at it.
As you can see here, Donna is working hard as she combines some balance exercises on a Bosu Ball, electrical stimulation with the Neubie and a little help from Steve and Diane.
The people who are engaging in the seated and standing balance classes that Dr Kate leads are also seeing improvements as well as the people who are engaging in our rebounding opportunities on the mini trampolines. Let’s continue to work hard to get this balance thing figured out and prevent falls.
Fayth Caruso’s Presentation last Friday
We were fortunate enough to have Fayth Caruso from Bellicon zoom in with us last Friday for an educational and inspirational presentation on the benefits of rebounding. Fayth also shared some of the success stories she’s been part of as people engage in rebounding. Fayth is really excited about our group and what we are doing with her videos and our friends with MS on the Bellicons.
Some of the key benefits Fayth covered along with why and her experiences are shown here.
Some of the key points Fayth made about fall prevention and rebounding are shown here.
Fayth played a video of Virginia, a person she worked with who started rebounding at 79 and is still bouncing on her Bellicon regularly. Virginia sounds like a fun person, it would be fun to do some bouncing with her. I found the link on YouTube in case you want to watch it. I would highly recommend it. It’s 2 minutes 54 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIbZH_7d2N0
We were really fortunate to have live demos from Joan, Pam and Ron demonstrating some of the progress each of them have made just recently. I had an opportunity to show Fayth some of the moves she taught us too. That was out of my comfort zone but it was kind of fun. 
I’m still uncoordinated but my life with MS has been impacted in a very positive way since I started rebounding regularly a year and a half ago.
I’m REALLY excited to see how many people with MS make life changing progress with their balance, energy, endurance and overall well-being by engaging in our rebounding opportunities.
Thank you, Fayth for sharing your gifts with us through your videos and being with us on zoom. We’re really excited about having you visit us in person in the near future.
Day of Endurance Training
I hope your training is going well. I know some are hitting it hard already and are well ahead of what they were doing last year at this time…good job! We get out of it what we put into it. Please turn your progress notes into Dr Kate bi-weekly.
Let’s make this journey and experience the best yet and have some fun…together. As we begin our training, let’s enjoy each day and record what we do on the packet we put together for you. If you didn’t get a packet, please see Dr Kate or me for your packet. We’re trying to make it really easy for you to record what you’re doing on a daily basis. These will be interesting for you to look back at a year from now. Hopefully, you can do more next year than you can this year.
Remember, try to do daily workouts and just one LONG workout each week. It’s on the one long day that you want to do just a little better than the week before and gradually build up each week.
Ed and Adam’s Podcast
This week, Adam and Ed had a conversation with Shelley. They had an interesting conversation and didn’t hold back.
Here’s the link:
A conversation with Shelly by Positive Vibes Living with MS
Thanks Adam, Ed and Ava for doing these podcasts together!
Member Spotlight
Annette Abrahamsome is realizing some progress I hope many people realize. Thanks for doing the hard work and sharing your progress Annette!
Save the date – MS Educational Event – Saturday, June 14th
Dr Khatri asked me to share this invitation to his MS Educational event with our community. Dr Khatri and his team always put on a very educational event. Be sure to reserve your spot. Thank you, Dr Khatri for the invitation!
Cardio and Balance Programs
These classes are aimed to get everyone exercising together. I like that word “together” . We’ll need help from volunteers before and after the cardio class on Wednesdays and Fridays to get members on and off equipment. All are welcome and encouraged to join…friends with MS, volunteers, and caregivers.
Monday evenings (open from 4:00pm – 7:00pm)
5:00 pm: High intensity interval training (HIIT)
5:30 pm: Standing balance
6:00 pm: Seated balance
Wednesdays
8:30am – 9:00am: Cardio exercise
Location: in the big room using aerobic equipment in front of big TV
Pick your favorite piece of equipment to use, bring a water bottle, and arrive a few minutes early to get the equipment set up to your height.
10-10:30am: Cardio exercise
Location: in the big room using aerobic equipment in front of big TV
Pick your favorite piece of equipment to use, bring a water bottle, and arrive a few minutes early to get the equipment set up to your height.
Fridays:
9:30 – 10:00am: High intensity interval training (HIIT) body weight circuit class. Great for those who aren’t attending Friday morning bike rides and want to get their heart pumping! Geared to intermediate to advanced ability level. Class may be indoors or outdoors depending on weather. Find Dr Kate at the start of the class time.
10:00 – 10:30 am: Seated balance class
10:30 – 11am: Standing balance class
Pick the class / classes you feel most able and comfortable participating in. We will have chairs set up to sit on and/or use for balance support.
Email Dr Kate at kborn1234@gmail.com with any questions.
Spin / Cycle Classes Friday’s @ 9:00am
Mike Beiermeister is offering to lead some spin / cycle classes again this year on Friday mornings @ 9:00 in the front room.
Please be prompt and ready to start riding @ 9:00am. Spin bikes are limited so it will be on first come first serve. We did pick up one more used spin bike since last week so let’s put it to good use. Let’s get ready for spring bike riding.
Thanks, Mike for offering to lead these classes again!
Friday Morning Bike Ride
We are done for the season. Let’s work hard over the winter so we can pick right back up where we left off. Let’s enjoy our winter together and think Spring!
Educational Sessions
This Friday, March 21st: 11:00 – 12:00pm Sarah Pfeiffle, marketing and outreach coordinator from the Waukesha County Aging and Disability Resource Center will talk to us about resources offered at our community’s ADRC.
Friday, March 28th: 11:00 – 12:00pm Dr Kate Habanek will be back again to go a little deeper into the vestibular exercises and teach us about the Z Health balance program.
Friday, April 4th: 11:00am – 12:00pm: Working with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Anne Moore will share some tips on how AI has made her life easier and how we can use use AI in our daily lives.
Future topics could include: emotional health, nutrition, yoga, tai chi, wellness topics, safe use of gym equipment for your body, best exercise for you and more. What topics would you like to see? Please let Dr Kate, Joan, Traci, Ricky or Dan know.
Let’s get together!
We’ll be getting together from 8:00am – noon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at the gym. Plus, Monday evenings from 4:00pm – 7:00pm. I hope you’ll join us!
Wisconsin Metal Parts – Westmound Building
MS-Just Keep Moving, Inc.
W228N791 Westmound Drive
Waukesha, WI 53186
Prayer Group We’ll be having our prayer group Wednesday from 11:00am – noon.
I just love the way we share, pray and laugh together while we witness prayers being answered weekly. It’s truly amazing!
Thanks goes to God and to everyone that joins us. Let’s get together to share, listen, talk, give thanks, and pray however God leads us.
MS-Just Keep Caring – Our Caregivers support group will be the first and third Friday of each month from 10:00 – 10:30am. The next one will be this Friday, March 21st, 2025. If you’re a caregiver of someone you love with MS, please join us and share your experience of caring for your loved one. This has been very helpful for many. Thanks to all who participate!
Our Facebook page is private. That means you’ll need to join if you want access to all our fun and progress. We’re now at 599 members. That’s awesome! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2639832389489709
Our Facebook page is active and fun. Lots of people are doing more and sharing their journey on Facebook. Feel free to join, post and share your experiences and comments.
There were some awesome pictures, videos and comments shared again this past week. Thank you to all who are sharing!
Thai Massage with Ricky Heldt
Ricky will be here on Wednesdays doing Thai Massage.
There is a sign-up board to be used to accommodate your needs for your exercise plan. Some people with spasticity need to be massaged / stretched out before they can exercise. Some people need a massage after a hard workout to loosen up their tight muscles or relieve pain.
We have limited spots for massages, please be considerate of people that need the massage the most in order to do the exercises they need to do or recover from the exercises they just did.
You can pick the time slot that works for you.
Reiki on Wednesdays and Fridays
Reiki is available at the gym, for FREE, on Wednesdays (Mary B, Jill K) and on Fridays (Linda C and Mary R), 9:30am until noon. Sessions typically last 20-30 minutes. Sign up for a session on the white board.
Reiki (ray-kee) relaxes the body so that healing can occur! The “magic” of Reiki has helped some of our members with pain, insomnia, constipation, and so much more! Try it the next time you are at the gym!
Inspirational Humor with Adam Wollert
We’ll be having our inspirational humor zoom call with Adam again next Tuesday. Adam is a gift to all of us. Thanks to all who joined us today!
Please join us if you can.
Tuesdays @ 1:30PM
Here’s the link to join us…I hope you do!
Join Zoom Meeting with this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9431389152?pwd=bWlYbFNaazVnM1M1cWxWMitlODdXUT09
Meeting ID: 943 138 9152
Passcode: 3qP2hu
Phone: 1-312-626-6799
Let’s reach out
I encourage you to share a smile and encouragement with someone. Perhaps you could call someone that you have not talked with for a while just to say hi and see how they are doing. We all could use a little extra love and encouragement.
MS is tough. Let’s have faith, remain calm, be flexible, help each other and learn as much as we can about the challenges of each day as we make good choices and take action.
Let’s keep moving, smiling and loving It helps!
In God We Trust…we are in good hands.
Dan
Our Website: http://msjustkeepmoving.org/
P.S. Last Thursday, Cal, Larry and I went for a ride to the Prairie Du Sac area. We saw a couple eagles flying together.
They sure are beautiful to watch
Sometimes a leaf in the water is beautiful in its own way.
As well as frozen in the ice
I’m still amazed at some of the ice formations when we are out there
I’m afraid we’re getting to the end of the ice pictures for the season.
The shoreline is melted in many places
We saw quite a few seagulls. They were challenging to get good pictures of them. I got lucky with this one.
And this one
We got some snow the other day. I thought it would be a good morning to go for a walk with the camera. It was beautiful.
I was lucky enough to see (and hear) these two sandhill Cranes singing together
The robins were not sure about the snow
Didn’t stop them from enjoying some berries
For those who can’t get out and enjoy nature due your challenges with MS…my heart is with you. You are with me every time I’m out there. I enjoy being out there and I also enjoy sharing with you. I know how hard it is not to be able to get out and enjoy nature. Let’s enjoy nature and God’s beauty together this way.
