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When MS Hits Below the Belt

Barbara Giesser, MD, FAAN, FANA is an internationally recognized clinician who has specialized in the care of persons with multiple sclerosis since 1982. She has been faculty in the Departments of Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the University of Arizona Health Science Center, and the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, where she is Professor (emeritus) of Clinical Neurology. She currently directs the MS Comprehensive Care Clinic at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica. This presentation will include information about how MS may affect bladder, bowel and sexual functions, how to recognize common symptoms, and available treatments.   

Virtually - Monday, July 29, 2024
11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Registration is required and a Zoom link will be emailed to registrants.

To register, contact: 916.453.7966 or [email protected]

Book Club

Join us in 2024 for bi-monthly book club meetings with the John A. Schafer, MD Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center. Read/listen to all or a portion of the book and connect with others in the MS community to discuss or just listen in! The meetings will be held virtually via Zoom.

Book Club is free and open to members and non-members of the John A. Schafer, MD Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center.

  • Monday, February 5th, 1-2pm = The Woman in Me, Britney Spears
  • Monday, April 1st, 1-2pm = The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab
  • Monday, June 3rd, 1-2pm = Swamp Story, Dave Berry
  • Monday, August 5th, 1-2pm = The Mine, John Crandall
  • Monday, October 7th, 1-2pm = Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
  • ***Monday, December 9th, 11am-12pm = Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff

***Please note the time difference of December’s meeting

Virtual Yoga Series

Our upcoming Chair Yoga series, led by Gena Foreman, is an adapted form of yoga that makes it accessible to everyone. Gena has over 25 years experience as a student, teacher and mentor. Her classes are a balanced fusion of informed, conscious yoga postures with attention to breath (pranayama) and healthy energetic alignment. Her instructions are clear and concise, offering modifications to address injuries or the special needs of her students. Throughout her classes students learn yoga is not a “one size fits all practice” and that there is more than one way to be in a pose. 

The practice is done entirely in a seated position; no yoga mat is needed. It is best to have a comfortable, sturdy chair with no arms to give the body more range of motion, but one with arms will work, if balance is a concern. Please wear comfortable clothing.

Mondays July 8, 15, 22, 29 – Virtually 
12:00pm – 1:00pm PDT 

Registration is required and a ZOOM link will be emailed to registrants. Space Is Limited.

Registration fee for all four sessions is $25. Checks can be made payable to MS Achievement Center, and the registration fee can be mailed to: 

MS Achievement Center 
7777 Greenback Lane, Suite 108 
Citrus Heights, CA 95610 

To register, contact: 916.453.7966 or [email protected]

Writing as Healing

Have you ever considered expressive writing as a form of healing? Writing has been proven to have a positive, healing effect, and we are pleased to welcome John Crandall, author, educator, and artist, to facilitate this free writing workshop. Join us virtually to experience a creative, artistic, and confidential form of sharing the written voice.

Writing As Healing is open to members and non-members of the John A. Schafer, MD Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center.

Every 2nd Monday of the month
1-3 p.m.