Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)

Team CMT runs for those who cannot.

Team CMT is a group of athletes who support our mission to raise awareness of Charcot- Marie-Tooth Disease or CMT.  Team CMT members support, encourage and in some cases, live with the effects of CMT themselves or in their families. The group of involved individuals grows each day in response to increasing awareness of and people who live with CMT.

A degenerative, often debilitating muscular disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease or CMT, affects more than 2.6 million people worldwide.  It affects the nerves that carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body.  Muscles may lose their normal function and sensation in lower legs or feet, or hands or arms.

In many cases, doctors tell patients that they shouldn’t run or workout. Don’t tell members of Team CMT that.  In fact, physical activity in their cases, has helped stem the loss of muscle control that accompanies the disease.