MS benefit offers support, aid - purpose of the event was not only to educate the public about MS, but also to encourage those with MS to maintain control of their health with continued exercise, even though it might bring short-term discomfort.
People navigating an obstacle course, children jumping rope, and a dozen patrons pumping their legs in a pack of more than 50 stationary bikes inside USF's Sun Dome set the stage for Saturday's Multiple Sclerosis Fitness Challenge and Health Fair.
Volunteers and vendors seemed to make up most of the crowd for the USF MS Research Fund's first organized benefit, but that did not deter its planners....

Krolczyk said the purpose of the event was not only to educate the public about MS, but also to encourage those with MS to maintain control of their health with continued exercise, even though it might bring short-term discomfort.

"It changes the body's temperature, and changes the conduction, which may make you fatigued and slow you down," he said. "But you still have to keep your muscles and everything in tone and shape, or else you're going to fatigue, and you'll fall and have more problems."
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