Questions patients ask

It is a fair question and worth planning around. Aquatic work is cooler than land work, and blocks can be scheduled outside the hottest months. If you are markedly heat sensitive, say so when you write and it will be built into the timing.

Sometimes, and it depends on why you use it. Where it compensates for weakness or deconditioning there is often room to improve; where it compensates for sensory loss or significant balance impairment, the aid may be the safe answer and the goal becomes using it better.

Yes. The evidence for exercise and rehabilitation is not limited to relapsing forms, and maintaining function matters more, not less, when the underlying course is progressive. Expectations are set accordingly.

No. Disease-modifying treatment continues and is not adjusted by us — that is your neurologist's decision. Bring the details so the programme is planned around your treatment schedule.

Paediatric MS is rare and is handled through the paediatric pathway rather than this programme. Send the records and the reply will tell you which route applies.