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Stroke Recovery Tips for Caregivers: A Mother and Daughter Share Their Journey

Maddi Niebanck • November 18, 2025

When I think about who's been with me through the hardest moments of my stroke recovery journey, one person immediately comes to mind: my mom, Donna.

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‘A New Life Began’: How One Woman Wrote Hope Back Into Her Life After a Stroke

Maddi Niebanck • October 29, 2025

At 60 years old, Jane Adams was always on the move."I swam on a swim team three days a week, and the other days, I walked with some friends from the neighborhood," she said. "I just loved to move and...

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'Better Each Day': Cionic Ambassador Adam Powell on His Playbook for Daily Progress Living with MS

Maddi Niebanck • October 21, 2025

The first time I met Adam Powell, I knew I was watching something remarkable. It was this summer, at the Modified by MS conference in Branson, Missouri, and Adam had just put on the Neural Sleeve for...

Less Fatigue, More Progress: How the Neural Sleeve 2 Is Supporting One Man’s MS Journey

Maddi Niebanck • October 2, 2025

For Jason, small wins stack up to real progress. Diagnosed with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis in 2012, Jason lives with his wife and three dogs in Arizona. For years, fatigue has been his...

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Living with Confidence: Blanca Lobo’s Journey with MS, Community, and Style

Maddi Niebanck • September 3, 2025

Blanca Lobo was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) seven years ago, advancing to secondary-progressive MS two years ago. Since then, she’s used the Cionic Neural Sleeve and navigated increasing...

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Celebrating Disability Pride Month: A Conversation with Dr. Barry Singer on MS, Inclusion, and Innovation

Maddi Niebanck • July 24, 2025

July is Disability Pride Month. These days I celebrate Disability as a proud stroke survivor, but it hasn’t always been that way.

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Moving with MS - One MS Warrior's Journey Empowering Others to Move

Maddi Niebanck • July 7, 2025

Living with rheumatoid arthritis, epilepsy, vision loss from optic neuritis, and a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) that once completely paralyzed her left side, Kathy Chester continues to...

Navigating Air Travel Post-Stroke with the Cionic Neural Sleeve

Maddi Niebanck • May 29, 2025

When I had a stroke in May 2017 that left my entire left side paralyzed, I was forced to reinvent myself. As someone who now suddenly dealt with mobility challenges, the resulting foot drop from my...

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From the Roadway to the Runway for Multiple Sclerosis

Maddi Niebanck • May 12, 2025

Cionic Neural Sleeve customer Paula Prentiss was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in 2001, and has been wearing the Neural Sleeve for the past two years to help her foot drop and improve her...

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NDEAM: What It’s Like to Return to Work After a Stroke

Maddi Niebanck • October 30, 2024

Ever since my injury, my biggest goal has always been to regain my independence. I wanted my old life back. I wanted to get around independently without assistance. To travel again. To be able to...

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