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Living with HSP – Management & Treatment News

Wheelchair Gardening … is that a thing?

The power of the positive & being outdoors

Cognitive profiles of HSPers studied

Significant impairments found to be frequent

Simple, home-based exercise successful

Fitness, flexibility & strength maintained

Botox for hip adductor spasticity

Improves walking stability and speed

Assessing impaired social cognitive function

Good treatment linked to good assessment

High prevalence of urinary issues in HSP

Assessment and management helps avoid complications

Spasticity and its impacts

Stumbling, struggling and shame

Hands free wheelchair

Handles rough terrain

Results of survey of HSPers

Misdiagnosis, other health conditions, well-being and mobility

Approaches to treating spasticity

Non-mainstream therapies getting attention

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HSP Research Foundation

Welcome to the HSP Research Foundation - created in 2005 to find a cure for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia - an inherited, degenerative disease affecting mainly the legs, causing muscle weakness, spasticity and severely impairing walking. Read more »

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