Following the huge success of our half-day Retreat in July, MS Positive is running a further Retreat this autumn for people dealing with MS. The session, on Friday 30th November (unassisted walking/with sticks), will include discussions on wellbeing and health eating, core strengthening exercises and pilates, and are free to all those with MS on a first come, first served basis. Places are, however, strictly limited so email Claire@mspositive.co.uk today for more information and reserve your place. For more information see our events listings ..read more

Hi I’m Matt and I’ve been working with Toni and MS Positive since the start of September 2018, although I have been doing Pilates and Tai Chi classes since the Mitzvah day in November 2017. The classes have really had many positive effects on me, both physically and mentally.  Like every MS patient I could list many things that the condition has taken away including running and my teaching career.  However, being the kind of person I am now, I have taken stock of the things I have got back in the last year that I have been involved in MS Positive. I had just taken medical retirement ..read more

Medical cannabis – which is thought to provide relief from pain and muscle spasms for some people with MS – is to be made available on prescription after being approved for use by the Government. Doctors will be able to prescribe medicine derived from marijuana “by the autumn” the Home Office has announced.  The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, said: “Recent cases involving sick children made it clear to me that our position on cannabis-related medicinal products was not satisfactory. “Following advice from two sets of independent advisors, I have taken the decision to res ..read more

Today has been an amazing day. I was brought an angel. I woke up to an email on my MS POSITIVE address: it was from a newly diagnosed lady of 46.   She wrote to me about her fears, so immediately phoned her, I went to meet up with her, It was like looking at a mirror image of myself 13 years ago. The fear, the turmoil and the shock, that any new diagnoses brings with it. The questions she was asking me: will I be in a wheel chair? How do I tell my children? Her thoughts, when she said to me the person she is most worried about at the moment, is her husband, I went cold. Standing on ..read more

June! Positively brimming with FREE things! As a rule we all usually take our good health for granted and it’s only when we are struck down with an illness we begin to see the value in what we have. We value health above all else which is why we are working along side MS Positive, which is a charity set up to help those affected by MS run by David’s wife Toni Krok. Together we offer two classes per week for people with MS and their carers. Pilates on Mondays 1.30pm with Simone ( who has been teaching Pilates for all health conditions for over 20 years) and Tai Chi with Shifu Heng We ..read more

MS Positive founder, Toni Krok, was proud to be asked to address a meeting of JEMS, the Jewish MS support group in North London last night (Wednesday 2nd May).  This is what she said:   MS POSITIVE was started with the attitude of positivity and of course to try telling the truth about how this illness makes you feel. It is hard to relay my feelings of the illness to anyone because I’m not sure how you can compare pain or discomfort.  Everyone’s experience is different.  So what I am here tonight to tell you is as close to the truth of how this illness makes me feel. I’ve h ..read more

Following on from Toni’s momentous climb up Mount Etna last October, raising £80,000 to launch MS Positive, she’s been at it again!  This time she has been on holiday trekking through the snow and the mountains in the French Alpine resort of Courcheval. No wonder she calls it the MS Charity with the “can-do attitude”. We are still undecided on the destination of our next walk, so watch this space!!!!     http://mspositive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-03-16-VIDEO-00000012.mp4 ..read more

Living with MS can often come with financial as well as medical complications: for some, this might take the form of making it hard to hold down a job or to undertake caring responsibilities; for others it just makes life more expensive, forcing those with MS to use taxis or maintain a car rather than rely on public transport, requiring expensive house adaptations, or pay for domestic help. MS Positive recognises this, which is why we are so delighted to have secured the services of Annie Millis to help us provide practical advice and support to anyone facing such difficulties. Annie is a Hous ..read more

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