To improve the management of multiple sclerosis and promote physical activity, a three-day bike ride left Toulouse on Thursday June 8 at the initiative of the SEP’ossible association. Multiple sclerosis affects 10,000 people in Occitania.
For the second consecutive year, the SEP’ossible association, in collaboration with the Neurodegenerative Diseases Center (MND) Occitanie, is organizing an event to promote physical activity in multiple sclerosis and mobilize for better management of the disease. .
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The start of this “Along the water” project was given this Thursday, June 8 in Toulouse for a bike and handbike ride along the Canal du Midi in three stages to Claira, near Perpignan. Patients, family circle, carers, able-bodied, less able-bodied, actors of Multiple Sclerosis participate in this Rando vélo/handivélo.
About 25 people set off from Port Saint-Sauveur, others will join the group on the various stages to meet at the finish in the Pyrénées Orientales on June 10.
This project was made possible thanks to the tireless involvement of Sébastien Kübler, patient expert and president of the SEP’ossible association. The MND Occitanie cluster, represented by its president, Dr Claude Mekies, spontaneously associated itself with this approach.
Multiple sclerosis affects approximately 10,000 people in Occitania. This neurodegenerative disease is characterized by “attacks” with symptoms as diverse as fatigue, motor disorders, sensory and balance disorders, urinary disorders, memory and concentration disorders, etc. Current treatments can only reduce the manifestations of these outbreaks and their frequency. Physical activity is part of the drug-free approach to living better with the disease.