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 well-informed
practitioner like your Pensacola chiropractor may help diminish
its symptoms and lasting effects. It’s an inflammatory disease that in
time can cause your spinal bones, the vertebrae, to fuse. Fusing
anything give rise to
less flexibility. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center looks to maintain flexibility in its Pensacola
chiropractic patients.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IS
Patients presenting to
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center regularly have clear-cut
conditions that explain their back pain
experience. Sometimes, more unique
conditions like ankylosing spondylitis appear, too. In a research
investigation of 3336 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, most ankylosing
spondylitis patients were diagnosed in other healthcare settings instead of rheumatology practices. Most 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 referral to a rheumatologist was 307 days. (1) Your Pensacola chiropractor understands
the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and will make that
referral as necessary.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFFECTS
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center, being a Pensacola back pain
specialist clinic, will see ankylosing spondylitis patients since 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 attach to
bone (spine, breastbone to ribs, hip, shoulder joint), ankylosing spondylitis
may arise. Ankylosing spondylitis doesn’t begin
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, Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center 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 results
in an ankylosing spondylitis spine.
HOW Pensacola CHIROPRACTIC MAY HELP Pensacola
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUFFERERS
Diagnosing Pensacola ankylosing spondylitis may be complex
in some cases as symptoms may vary from neck pain and stiffness to
low back pain and hip pain. In some cases, imaging (MRI, xray)
and lab tests are done in addition to the typical
clinical examination. Once diagnosed though, mixing medical
treatment via a rheumatologist with chiropractic treatment (spinal
manipulation, Cox® Technic) can bring about some relief in terms
of pain reduction and improved activities of daily living. (2) Your
Pensacola chiropractor successfully and eagerly
works in partnership with Pensacola
healthcare colleagues to help Pensacola chiropractic
patients find the gentle care they require.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Schedule a Pensacola chiropractic visit
for Pensacola back pain relief. If ankylosing spondylitis is your back
pain condition, know that Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is prepared to help.
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is all about keeping Pensacola spines as flexible as
possible and permitting Pensacola chiropractic patients
to do all their activities of daily living they want.