I recently got new ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs). After losing a significant amount of weight over the years — in part because my AFOs allowed me to walk more — my previous pair no longer fit. The whole process went as well as I could have hoped. However, it brought to…
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Those of us in the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) community face unique burdens, pains, and grievances that most others aren’t aware of. This is a topic that George Simpson, a volunteer at the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Research Foundation (CMTRF), cares deeply about. He believes that raising awareness of the costs associated…
Becoming educated and informed about Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your CMT journey.
There is no cure for CMT yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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