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Multiple sclerosis can be a very devastating diagnosis, especially for an athlete that enjoys sports or exercising regularly. Multiple sclerosis can make it harder for an athlete to move his or her joints, is often very painful, and can lead to severe muscle deterioration.

Whole-body vibration is pitched as a solution to everything from low bone density in astronauts to a better golf swing for weekend duffers and as an aid to rehabilitating weakened muscles. But a small new study suggests that regular training using whole-body vibration does nothing to improve muscle strength or function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

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MS is characterised by 'disseminated demyelination' which is when the insulating matter that surrounds our nerves (myelin) is destroyed and the electrical messages which travel through the nerves are interrupted. It usually presents in adolescence or young adulthood with relapses and remissions continuing throughout the patient's lifetime. It is unlikely to occur before puberty or after the age of sixty. Once MS occurs, the body itself attacks the nerve insulating matter, exacerbating the condit