If you have been diagnosed with MS, you have many more options now, than ever, on how to treat Multiple Sclerosis. Biofeedback takes the old concept of mind-over-body and uses a hi-tech device to allow the patient to see the body’s physiological processes. This includes heart rate, muscle activity, and nervous system activity.

Biofeedback therapy began in the early 1970’s and is now accepted in mainstream medicine. Many insurance companies will cover treatment. During the session, electrodes are attached to target areas of the body. They allow the patient to control the processes that they see on a monitor screen, that are associated with the symptoms they are experiencing – such as pain (ABC News, Aug 2008). It may sound far-fetched to some of us in the western world but it works without a great deal of effort.

Biofeedback is associated with very little side effects that may include …

There is no one, straightforward cure for MS, but how to treat Multiple Sclerosis in your situation depends on a multitude of factors. You may want to modify the course of your disease or you may be just attempting to treat your most recent attack or relapse. You may decide you want to use drugs to treat multiple sclerosis by managing the symptoms, or you may decide to use any of the alternative treatments that have benefited many patients without pharmaceuticals at all.

Disease Modification

When you decide that the primary goal of your plan is to attempt to modify the course of the disease, the question of how to treat Multiple Sclerosis usually becomes a question of which drug you are going to use as your primary medication. Keep in mind that many alternative treatments can also aid in disease modification, but if you are going the …