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- EIN 33-0880635
- (760) 773-9806
- 73710 Fred Waring Dr Ste 118 Palm Desert CA 92260-2574 USA
- www.actforms.org
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Causes: Health, Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases
Mission: To help coachella valley residents live with multiple sclerosis, its symptoms and debilities by providing the tools and resources nesessary to successfully improve their quality of life. Assistance is provided through a variety of programs and services.
Programs: The organization provides clients with personal physical therapy exercise sessions up to twice per week. 42 clients participated in this program during 2011. The client calls one of the ten personal trainers available to schedule one-on-one sessions with the trainer on scheduled dates 2 times per week. 4 clients receive personal training session at their home. The remaining 38 clients meet the personal trainer at one of three exercise facilities in the coachella valley. The organization pays the personal trainer for each session at a rate of $45 per session for training at a gym and $90 per session for at home training.
organization provides clients with one-on-one enhanced strength training twice each week for one hour per visit. The program includes a physical therapist evaluation prior to each client entering the exercise therapy program. The client is reevaluated in the middle and end of the year by a licensed physical therapist to monitor and track the clients' progress in the exercise therapy program.
organization provides clients with massage or reflexology sessions once every month. During 2010 there were 42 clients and 7 massage therapists participating in these sessions. The client contacts the massage therapist directly to schedule either a home or an onsite one on one session. The organization pays the massage therapist directly for each session. The cost for an in home session is $85 and for an onsite session it is $55 to $65.