Flexibility. It’s important for a body
to be flexible. One disease that may take flexibility
away is ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis isn’t
curable, but good care by a knowledgeable
practitioner like your Vancouver chiropractor may help lessen
its symptoms and lasting effects. It is an inflammatory disease that over
time can cause your spinal bones, the vertebrae, to fuse. Fusing
anything give rise to
less flexibility. Vancouver Disc Centers looks to maintain flexibility in its Vancouver
chiropractic patients.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IS
Patients visiting
Vancouver Disc Centers regularly have straightforward
conditions that clarify their back pain
experience. Infrequently, more unique
conditions like ankylosing spondylitis turn up, too. In a study of 3336 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, most ankylosing
spondylitis patients were diagnosed outside of rheumatology practices. The majority were diagnosed
by other practitioners while 7% were diagnosed by chiropractors or PTs. The
median timeframe for diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis from a diagnosis of back pain to a rheumatology
referral was 307 days. (1) Your Vancouver chiropractor understands
the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and will establish that
referral as necessary.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFFECTS
Vancouver Disc Centers, being a Vancouver back pain
specialist clinic, will see ankylosing spondylitis patients as it
is a disease that affects the spine.
Ankylosing spondylitis most frequently affects
the spine, especially the low back and occasionally
the sacroiliac joint. Wherever tendons and ligaments fasten to
bone (spine, breastbone to ribs, hip, shoulder joint), ankylosing spondylitis
may arise. Ankylosing spondylitis does not start
and does its thing then quit. It may come and go, be worse and
better, be off and on, for months or years. Ankylosing spondylitis may cause fatigue, and men are more likely to
suffer with ankylosing spondylitis than women. While ankylosing spondylitis does its
fusion thing, Vancouver Disc Centers may be able to help guide its
fusing ways to help maintain as much flexibility in its fused areas and an upright posture as possible instead of the hyperkyphosis curving that often comes to an ankylosing spondylitis spine.
HOW Vancouver CHIROPRACTIC MAY HELP Vancouver
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUFFERERS
Diagnosing Vancouver ankylosing spondylitis may be complex
in some cases as symptoms may range from neck pain and stiffness to
low back pain and hip pain. In some cases, imaging (MRI, xray)
and lab tests are performed in addition to the classic
clinical examination. Once diagnosed though, mixing medical
treatment via a rheumatologist with chiropractic treatment (spinal
manipulation, Cox® Technic) can draw some relief in terms
of pain reduction and improved activities of daily living. (2) Your
Vancouver chiropractor effectively and enthusiastically
teams up with Vancouver
healthcare colleagues to assist Vancouver chiropractic
patients find the gentle care they require.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic visit
for Vancouver back pain relief. If ankylosing spondylitis is your back
pain condition, know that Vancouver Disc Centers is here to help.
Vancouver Disc Centers is all about keeping Vancouver spines as flexible as
possible and permitting Vancouver chiropractic patients
to do everything they want.