Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka helps Sitka ankylosing spondylitis patients with their back pain.
Flexibility. It’s vital for a body to be flexible. One disease that may take flexibility away is ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis isn’t curable, but beneficial care by a experienced practitioner like your Sitka chiropractor may help diminish its symptoms and lasting effects. It’s an inflammatory disease that in time can trigger your spinal bones, the vertebrae, to fuse. Fusing anything give rise to less flexibility. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka seeks to maintain flexibility in its Sitka chiropractic patients.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IS
Patients presenting to Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka often have straightforward conditions that explain their back pain experience. Infrequently, more unique conditions like ankylosing spondylitis arrive, too. In a research investigation 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 time for diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis from a diagnosis of back pain to a referral to a rheumatologist was 307 days. (1) Your Sitka chiropractor knows the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and will establish that referral as necessary.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFFECTS
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka, being a Sitka back pain specialist clinic, will see ankylosing spondylitis patients since it is a spinal condition. Ankylosing spondylitis most commonly affects 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 doesn’t begin and does its thing then stop. It may come and go, be worse and better, be off and on, for months or years. Ankylosing spondylitis may make its sufferer tired, and men are more likely to suffer with ankylosing spondylitis than women. While ankylosing spondylitis does its fusion thing, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka may be able to help influence 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 Sitka CHIROPRACTIC MAY HELP Sitka ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUFFERERS
Diagnosing Sitka ankylosing spondylitis may be complex in some cases as symptoms may range from neck pain and stiffness to low back pain and hip pain. For some, imaging (MRI, xray) and lab tests are performed in addition to the classic clinical examination. Once diagnosed though, combining 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 Sitka chiropractor effectively and enthusiastically works in partnership with Sitka healthcare colleagues to assist Sitka chiropractic patients find the gentle care they require.
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