HCP's can help individuals adopt healthy lifestyles, however this process is complex and influenced by many factors. Understanding these challenges can help people with MS and their families better collaborate with healthcare teams to tackle these hurdles together. MS Australia

Touched down in London and enjoying the typical tourist activities plus some delicious food before heading to Belgium to attend the annual RIMS - Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis conference.

Another tourist day! Buckingham palace and front row to watch the changing of the guards.

Thanks A/Prof Claudia Marck for teaching me this new term! Let’s challenge interventions to tackle social determinants of health before reverting back to addressing lifestyle issues. #RIMS2024

6 important questions that could change your entire provision of MS care. A/Prof Claudia Marck RIMS - Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis #RIMS2024 #lifestyledrift

Eye spy our scoping review A/Prof Yasmine Probst (she/her)! Shared to raise awareness of the complexities and multi-layers of behaviour change and where the current evidence base strongly lies. A real feel good moment from session 1! For full publication 👇🏼 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38226556/

Did you know ballroom fitness has many benefits for MS outcomes including balance, coordination, wellbeing and quality of life? I’m sure we will find many people dancing in the next session break. Unfortunately no demonstration was provided in the presentation. 😀 🕺🏼 RIMS - Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis

Sleep is a vital part of MS rehabilitation and is associated with QOL. Two simple questions you can ask people living with MS to assess their sleep quality are: 1. Did you sleep well last night? And 2. Do you have a good quality of life? Thanks Martin Langskov-Christensen 💤💤💤

I am by no means an EDI expert and think it is great that we are able to recognise the concepts of equity, diversity and inclusion as a core component of RIMS - Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis. But we sure have a long way to go to see its true reflection in MS efforts.

Poster 108 RIMS - Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis: Behaviour change is complex and we must consider social drivers that influence why and how someone living with MS modifies their health behaviours to reflect what’s happening in a real world setting.

One last presentation for me RIMS - Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis! “Rapidly” sharing my PhD case study findings with experts in MS rehabilitation. Thanks A/Prof Claudia Marck (with the new title “uni Aunty”) for the sneaky pics. It’s been fun! UOW Research

For the people in the back who can't hear us... 📢 Exercise and lifestyle management is safe, effective and a powerful tool in how we can best manage MS.

Let Simone Biles be proof that mental health matters and taking time to take care of it makes you BETTER not weaker.

A different type of “day in the office today.” ABC News Illawarra

Listen to A/Prof Yasmine Probst (she/her) PhD student UOW talk to Lindsay McDowens now on ABC ILLAWARRA! Talking #brain health, diet and multiple sclerosis. ☺️

Olivia Wills representing our EatrightMS Dietetic Research in Multiple Sclerosis team on ABC Illawarra this afternoon talking about her research in brain health for multiple sclerosis. Catch the recording here from 18:45 min abc.net.au/listen/program… #ScienceWeek

#DAConference2024 Poster 176 and 221 representing the EatrightMS Dietetic Research in Multiple Sclerosis UOW research team.

#AI is here, we can't ignore it! It serves as a source of information, assists in data interpretation and supports learning, BUT it doesn't replace professional practice, skills or research conduct. #DA2024 Laureate Prof Clare Collins AO