When Derek Stefureac was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system, he was a smoker who never exercised.Everything changed when he had an 'attack' at work when he was 39: His body seized for about a minute, and Stefureac told CBS News that he 'thought he was dying.' After seeing multiple doctors, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.'It was a pretty scary diagnosis, and I wasn't even sure what it was, to be honest.
How does exercise impact multiple sclerosis? Bebo said that a growing body of evidence supports the importance of exercise and other healthy lifestyle choices in helping treat multiple sclerosis. Even if exercise isn't reversing the disease's progression, it can help limit co-morbidities like high blood pressure that can accelerate the progression of multiple sclerosis.