We're proud to introduce Can Do Multiple Sclerosis, formerly The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis, a leading provider of innovative lifestyle empowerment programs for people with MS and their support partners.
Since Jimmie Heuga founded our organization in 1984, our positive can do philosophy has helped thousands of people living with MS realize what is possible.
We changed our name to best reflect our mission and our passion to help more people with MS and their support partners use the power of health, wellness and positive motivation to DISCOVER THEY ARE MORE THAN THEIR MS.
Join us as we lead our organization's vision into the future and expand our commitment to help more people live their best lives. Please look for our new website early 2010 and brand campaign in the coming months.
"There had to be someone or something out there to help me live life fully in spite of MS. I found that something in Can Do MS."
Gina (diagnosed w/MS in 1999) 
Gina and her family with Can Do MS Founder Jimmie Heuga
Gina was 26 years old and expecting her second child when she started feeling weak and falling down. Three months after giving birth, she was diagnosed with MS.
For the next year, she was wheelchair-bound, something that makes caring for an active 4 year old and new baby almost impossible.
Gina tells the story best in her words:
“I really tried to embrace this disease with a positive attitude, but it can be very degrading. I tried any options my doctors recommended, even chemotherapy, which was very hard. Gradually, I improved and grew stronger, but then in 2007 my health failed again.
That’s when I knew I had to find a better way of dealing with my MS. It was on the Internet that I found The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis, now called Can Do Multiple Sclerosis™. It was a discovery that changed my life.
The Can Do MS Story
A New Name for a New Day at The Heuga Center
Twenty-five years ago, Jimmie Heuga, an Olympic ski racer diagnosed with MS at the height of his racing career, founded The Heuga Center. His can do program was bold and flew in the face of conventional medical advice. Rather than inactivity, he encouraged physical activity, goal-setting and psychological motivation to improve one's physical condition and outlook on life with MS.
It is now a program that is acknowledged within the MS community as a standard of care.
Today, in honor of Jimmie's inspiring life and personal example, The Heuga Center adopted a new name that instantly communicates Jimmie's and The Heuga Center's philosophy: Can Do MS. As Jimmie himself said it, "we focus on what you can do."
Read more about our story and founder Jimmie Heuga ...
Jumpstart Your Relationship: Reclaim Your Well-Being
This teleclass series is for couples who are looking for solutions to the emotional havoc brought on by MS. In this series, scenarios of couples living with MS will demonstrate how couples can effectively manage some of the emotional backlash triggered by common MS symptoms. Experts from the MS Society and Can Do Multiple Sclerosis (formerly The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis) will review symptoms and treatments, as well as skills for couples to talk about and solve some of these very difficult problems.
Teleconferences are 90 minutes each week for 6 consecutive weeks
Program Dates:
Tuesdays: February 23 – March 30: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET (6pm CT, 5pm MT, 4pm PT)
Additional program dates and information...
JUMPSTART YOUR WELLNESS at Can Do MS JUMPSTART program -
Offered at no charge
A one-day introduction to Can Do MS’s wellness philosophy for people with MS and their support partners. Offered at no charge, JUMPSTART provides educational presentations, workshops and interactive sessions so participants can begin to see themselves beyond the challenges of their MS. Learn more...
For information contact Ron Wheeler at 800.367.3101 ext. 1277 or rwheeler@mscando.org
Jimmie Heuga to Play Prominent Outreach Role for the Jimmie Heuga Center Endowment
Becomes first campaign fundraising and public education director
Jimmie Heuga, founder of The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has been appointed the first campaign fundraising and public education director for the Jimmie Heuga Center Endowment, the Endowment Board announced.
