Learning How to Manage Your MS Spasms and Spasticity
Date: July 27, 2021
Time: 12:30PM PT / 1:30PM MT / 2:30PM CT / 3:30PM ET
Location: Webinar / Virtual / Online
Speaker: Dr. Ben Thrower
You may call it muscle spasms, muscle cramps, or just tight, painful muscles. If you have MS-related spasticity, learn how to manage it in this presentation by MS expert Ben Thrower, MD. The program will be followed by a question and answer session.
Ben Thrower, M.D., is the medical director of the Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute at Shepherd Center. He previously served as the medical director of the Holy Family Multiple Sclerosis Institute in Spokane, Wash. In Spokane, he was the chair of the Inland Northwest Chapter of the NMSS. In 2000, he was awarded the Norm Cohn Hope Chest Award by the National MS Society, recognizing his work with the MS community. In 2005, he was the first physician inductee into the Georgia Chapter of the National MS Society Volunteer Hall of Fame.
Dr. Thrower is a clinical instructor of neurology at Emory University and participates actively in clinical research. He serves on the board of directors of the Georgia Chapter of the National MS Society and has served on the board for the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Institutes.
