As an introduction consider what Wikipidia says about MS.
"Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS, also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms.
Disease onset usually occurs in young adults, and it is more common in females.
" "A demyelinating disease is any disease of the nervous system in which the myelin sheath of neurons is damaged.
This impairs the conduction of signals in the affected nerves, causing impairment in sensation, movement, cognition, or other functions depending on which nerves are involved.
" I would like to share my thoughts on what may happen to start the scarring due to demyelination in traumatic spinal injury.
There are other sources of demyelination scarring which are covered in the above references which complicate and increase the condition I will consider.
I use the self created description of my work: Antalgic Posture Pain Specialist.
Antalgic means against pain.
In posture it means that one leans the body to try to avoid pain.
Antalgic posture puts stress on joints and muscles causing them to develop pain.
This can cause a cascade, each new pain causing new antalgic reflexes and associated pain.
This can be very confusing to health care providers that have not specialized in this problem.
Among the clients referred to me many have been diagnosed as having MS.
Working with them for some time and tracing back to the originating pain, has led to avery interesting observation.
The majority of them have an injury to the vertebrae at the junction between the low back and the ribs.
This injury often happens with bending and twisting while lifting something heavy.
A similar injury can happen between the low back and pelvis.
This injury can damage the cells that contain the myelin insulation around the nerves where they pass between the vertebrae.
It is believed when a hypersensitive immune system is exposed to myelin it becomes sensitized to it and attacks other weakened cells that contain it.
This leads to multiple scars and the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
What can be done to help this condition? I have found the therapeutic method called Structural Relief Therapy can reduce the posture reflexes that have become habitual thus reducing the progressive insult to the spine and possible flare up of MS pain.
I have also found that using a strong therapeutic magnet with the negative side over the injured part of the spine improves repair and reduces swelling and the resulting pain.
I hope this experience and observation will help some MS sufferers find relief.