Wellness
What is the recommended amount of sleep to get every night?
7-9 hours a night
This type of therapy can help you learn how to simplify daily activities and conserve your energy to help manage fatigue
Occupational Therapy
This tool can be used to help you hold playing cards when playing card games.
card holder
This symptom occurs in about 80% of people with MS, can significantly interfere with the ability to function at home and work, and may be the most prominent symptom in a person
Fatigue
This game is created by the New York Times where players have to guess a 5-letter word and feedback is given on each guess in the form of colored tiles indicating when letters match or are in the correct position
Wordle
What is the recommended amount of exercise per week?
150 minutes per week of exercise or lifestyle physical activity
This type of therapy can help you establish a regular exercise routine for successful symptom management and optimize your health
Physical Therapy
This tool can be used to help someone button up their shirt.
Button hook/ button aid
Many people use this theory to help explain to others the energy that a person has available for daily activities and how it can become limited
Spoon Theory
This activity is a method for creating items with yarn and needles
knitting/ crocheting
What is it called when a group of people meet to share common experiences or concerns and provide each other with encouragement, comfort and advice?
Support Group
This type of doctor may prescribe you medications to help you manage any symptoms you are having or may suggest disease modifying therapies
Neurologist
This tool can help you put your socks on if you have trouble reaching down to your feet.
Sock aid
This type of diary helps to track fatigue symptoms and manage your daily activities
Fatigue diary
This card game can be played by one person where you have to try to remove all the cards from the table by sorting them by suit
Solitaire
What do you use to manage and write down your daily appointments and to do lists?
Planner/ calendar
This important person on the care team may be able to give you information regarding the disability application process, insurance benefits, home health aid eligibility and transportations services
Social Worker
This tool can help you to cut your food when you are preparing or eating meals.
Rocker knife
This type of weather may cause a temporary spike in MS symptoms
Warm weather
This a matching game where you remove all tiles by matching identical pairs
Mahjong
This type of exercises that involves elongating a muscle may help manage the tightness of spasticity
Stretching
This important person on the care team may be able to help you manage any feelings of sadness, fear, anxiety or anger
Psychologist
This tool can help you fold your clothes after doing your laundry.
Laundry folding board
This principle can sometimes be the hardest of the 5 Ps of energy conservation (prioritize, plan, pace, position and …)
permission
This is a widely enjoyed and rewarding outdoor activity in which you grow plants
Gardening