Balance
Standing, reaching and turning with the right support, working on steadiness and confidence in the movements where people feel least sure.
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Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis: paced around your energy, not a timetable
MS changes from week to week and hour to hour. Sessions are planned around fatigue, heat and how you are on the day, and they work on the movements that keep ordinary life ordinary: getting up, getting about, and using your hands.
What we practise together
Keeping the everyday things yours
Getting in and out
Chairs, bed, the car, the bath. Counted routines that use the least energy and the most control.
Walking
A rhythm to walk to, a way to place your feet, and how to use a stick or frame well rather than lean on it.
Hands
Cutlery, buttons, a phone, a pen. Deliberate practice for the fine movements that tire first.
Pacing the day
Which tasks to do when, how to rest inside a task, and the words that help a movement start when fatigue makes it hard.
Sitting well
For people who sit for much of the day: posture, transfers and keeping the upper body active and comfortable.
A typical hour, on a good day and a bad one
On a good day: a short set of movements lying down and sitting, each one said out loud and counted, then a standing set at the worktop, walking with counting, and one task from your own week. On a harder day: shorter, mostly seated, with rests built in, and still worth doing. You finish with two or three things to practise, written down, and a plan for the days when energy is low.
Relapses and progression
If you have a relapse we pause and pick up again when you’re ready, resetting the goals from where you are then. With progressive MS the goals change over time; that’s expected, and it’s still worth working on what matters most to you now. We ask about your health and any advice from your MS nurse or NHS team before we start, and we work alongside them, not instead.
We visit people living with MS at home across Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Stourbridge, Birmingham and the surrounding area.
Before you get in touch
Questions people ask
Will it make my fatigue worse?
Sessions are planned to avoid that: paced, with rests, seated when needed, and never in a hot room. We adjust week to week and you set the limits.
I use a wheelchair most of the time. Is this for me?
Yes. Transfers, sitting posture, hands and upper body are a large part of what we work on, and goals are set from where you are now.
I already see an MS nurse and a physio. Why add this?
Conductive Education adds the counted, everyday practice between appointments, in your own home. We can’t promise particular results, and with MS, goals change over time, but there’s usually something worth working on, and we’ll be honest with you about what’s realistic. It works alongside your NHS team, and with your permission we share goals with them.
How often?
Weekly to begin with, with a review together after about eight weeks. Online check-ins between visits suit many people with MS.
Start with a free phone chat
Fifteen minutes to talk about what’s hard right now, and how your energy runs. No obligation.