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  • Occupational Therapy Can Help Your Hands Keep Working 
    Occupational Therapy Can Help Your Hands Keep Working

    Tying your shoes. Opening a jar. Picking up a coin from the counter. Texting. The…

  • When Your Hand Needs a Hand: How Splints Support Function and Comfort 
    When Your Hand Needs a Hand: How Splints Support Function and Comfort

    CMT affects hands and wrists in different ways and at different points in life. Some people notice…

  • Lose the Pedals, Keep the Keys: Hand Controls for CMT 
    Lose the Pedals, Keep the Keys: Hand Controls for CMT

    CMT often reaches your feet before it reaches anywhere else. Foot drop, weakness in the…

  • He Thought Fishing Was Behind Him. Hand Surgery Brought It Back 
    He Thought Fishing Was Behind Him. Hand Surgery Brought It Back 

    CMT is known for affecting feet, but the hands are often involved too. Grip weakens,…

  • Cycle Pharmaceuticals Stops Clinical Studies of Govorestat
    Cycle Pharmaceuticals Stops Clinical Studies of Govorestat

    On April 17, Cycle Pharmaceuticals announced it is halting all govorestat clinical studies, including the…

  • Bringing Home The Magic of Camp Footprint 
    Bringing Home The Magic of Camp Footprint 

    The Footprint Fellowship helps campers with CMT carry the confidence, connection, and authenticity they find…

  • CMTA Camp Footprint Launches Fellowship with ACA Grant 
    CMTA Camp Footprint Launches Fellowship with ACA Grant 

    A new year-long program helps campers bring the confidence of camp home

  • Walking With CMT: How Strength, Movement, and Sensation Work Together to Improve Stability 
    Walking With CMT

    For people living with CMT, changes in muscle strength, joint motion, and sensory feedback can make walking…

  • How CMTA Investments Led to Nearly $20 Million in Government Grants for CMT Research 
    CMTA Investments Led to Nearly $20 Million in Government Grants

    CMTA’s investment of $1.15 million advanced three CMT research programs by providing scientists with the…

  • Stranded Without Your Mobility Device? A Realistic Guide to Traveling with CMT  
    A Realistic Guide to Traveling with CMT

    Here’s what to do when your mobility device doesn’t arrive with your flight.  

  • Making Sense of CMT: What New Research Reveals About Variability
    Why Do CMT Symptoms Vary?

    CMT looks different from person to person, even within the same family. A newly published…

  • CMTA-STAR Delivery Science Portfolio: Four Parallel Approaches to Therapeutic Delivery in CMT
    How CMTA Is Solving the Drug Delivery Barrier

    CMTA is funding four research projects targeting a fundamental barrier to CMT treatment: getting therapies…