our programmes: Music.ALS - Music-based support for people affected by ALS / MND
Music not only nurtures us emotionally: in the recent decades we keep unveiling its potential for neurorehabilitation. Singing, playing music instruments, movement to preprogrammed music and other music-based activities are successfully used to help people with stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, dementias and “the Stephen Hawking disease” – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or motor neurone disease (ALS / MND). Music.ALS is a music program for persons with ALS / MND, their families, caregivers and medical care teams around the world. Its music activities are based on years of clinical practice and thorough, peer-reviewed research . Learn more and download free exercises at Music.ALS webpage. Dr Alisa Apreleva: "Since 2012, I have been developing ways to help persons living with ALS / MND sustain their vitality by means of live and recorded music exercises. When planning treatment, every client’s disease type and progression have to be carefully conside...