Choosing the right rehab for MS treatment

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San Antonio doctor pushes for proactive inpatient rehabilitation

Posted TODAY, 5:47 PM Updated TODAY, 7:16 PM

SAN ANTONIO - During Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, KSAT has been talking about the difficulty of not only diagnosing the disease but treating it, as well. Now some doctors are pushing for proactive inpatient rehabilitation to reduce severe symptoms.

Sherry Rhind was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003, and soon, walking had become almost impossible.

"Just getting up, getting ready to go to work, for instance, putting your foot in the car, that's very challenging," she said.

MS causes the body's immune system to attack the central nervous system, resulting in different symptoms for each patient.

"No two MS patients are the same," said Rhind's doctor, Dr. Ivan Edwards, with Select Rehabilitation Hospital.

After trying many medications, outpatient and at-home treatments, Rhind ended up at Select for 15 days.

"Before I came here I couldn't walk, maybe, 25 feet because I had no mobility whatsoever. Now I can walk maybe 300 feet, which is really good for me," Rhind said.

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