Our blog series of Q&As with physical therapist Julie Hershberg contain so many useful tips that we thought it would be helpful to index them all in one place. Bookmark this post so you’ll have it at your fingertips! Inversion tables, trigger points, and chronic pain management Car Accidents and FSHD Zero-Gravity Treadmills, Strength Training,… Read More »
Ask the Physical Therapist series
FSH Radio Show-Featuring New CEO Mark Stone
Check out our upcoming FSH Society Radio podcast with Mark Stone, the FSH Society’s new Chief Executive Officer on October 25, 2017 at 9:00 pm EST. Tune in live HERE. Mark Stone began his tenure as CEO and President of the FSH Society in September. Stone is a leading executive in health care-related non-profit organizations,… Read More »
Bay Area FSHD Family Day Conference Videos and Slides
We are pleased to share slides and videos from our conference held in San Francisco on July 15, 2017. Thank you to our wonderful speakers and to our sponsor Acceleron Pharma. We’re grateful to Jim Albert for editing the videos. Click on the titles to watch the videos. Welcome. June Kinoshita, executive director. Neil Solomon… Read More »
Tips for air travel with a power wheelchair
Howard Chabner, a lawyer, disabilities advocate, and long-time FSH Society Board member, loves to travel internationally and has much experience with addressing the innumerable obstacles that impeded disabled travelers. He has compiled an extensive guide to air travel with a power wheelchair, which we are pleased to share with our readers. Download here: Tips for air… Read More »
2017 Los Angeles Festive Evening Fundraiser
Dear Friends of the Ghostly Gala to Vanish FSHD, Thanks to your enthusiastic and generous support, the Ghostly Gala has quickly become a beloved Halloween event, whose impact is being felt in the many important advances being made in FSH muscular dystrophy research. Moving forward, we aim to seriously engage and energize the philanthropic arms… Read More »