I don't know if the Watsu guy phrased it the way she quoted him or not, but my first thought was "Oh thanks a LOT! Now folks will think we're faking or over-cautious if we say we can't do this or that because of the way the heat affects us."

Especially the fact that she told me that he said "according to the latest research". That kind of ruffled my feathers, so I sent her a copy/paste from the NMSS on heat & MS symptoms, and told her that they (NMSS) are pretty much up to date on the latest research.

I asked her if she knew where he got the information/research, and she forwarded from him some news article about hydrotherapy being good for MS patients. Well, I already knew that, but I read the whole article, word by word, and never once was the TEMPERATURE of the water addressed.

I'm hoping that there was just a semantical glitch or misunderstanding, but I don't want the "education" getting spread around that overheating the body is "no longer a no-no" for MSers. That might be true for some, but it is a very big NUH-UH, NO WAY for me and others I know.