Flexibility. It is important for a body
to be flexible. One disease that may prevent flexibility is ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis is not
curable, but good care by a experienced
practitioner like your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor may help lessen
its symptoms and lasting effects. It is an inflammatory disease that over
time can trigger your spinal bones, the vertebrae, to fuse. Fusing
anything makes it less flexible. Spinal Care Clinic seeks to maintain flexibility in its Burlington and Hamilton
chiropractic patients.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IS
Patients visiting
Spinal Care Clinic often have straightforward
conditions that make clear their back pain
experience. Occasionally, more one-of-a-kind
conditions like ankylosing spondylitis appear, too. In a study of 3336 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, most ankylosing
spondylitis patients were diagnosed outside 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 rheumatology
referral was 307 days. (1) Your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor understands
the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and will set up that
referral as necessary.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFFECTS
Spinal Care Clinic, being a Burlington and Hamilton back pain
specialist clinic, will see ankylosing spondylitis patients as it
is a spine-related disease.
Ankylosing spondylitis most frequently involves
the spine, particularly 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 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, Spinal Care Clinic may be able to help guide its
fusing ways to help keep 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 Burlington and Hamilton CHIROPRACTIC MAY HELP Burlington and Hamilton
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUFFERERS
Diagnosing Burlington and Hamilton 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 as well as the classic
clinical examination. Once diagnosed though, combining 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
Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor effectively and enthusiastically
teams up with Burlington and Hamilton
healthcare colleagues to help Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic
patients find the gentle care they need.
CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic
Schedule a Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic visit
for Burlington and Hamilton back pain relief. If ankylosing spondylitis is your back
pain condition, know that Spinal Care Clinic is here to help.
Spinal Care Clinic is all about keeping Burlington and Hamilton spines as flexible as
possible and permitting Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic patients
to do all their activities of daily living they desire.