Aurora Chiropractic Center helps Juneau 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 decent care by a experienced practitioner like your Juneau chiropractor may help lessen its symptoms and lasting effects. It’s an inflammatory disease that over time can cause your spinal bones, the vertebrae, to fuse. Fusing anything give rise to less flexibility. Aurora Chiropractic Center seeks to maintain flexibility in its Juneau chiropractic patients.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IS
Patients coming to Aurora Chiropractic Center frequently have clear-cut conditions that explain their back pain experience. Infrequently, more one-of-a-kind conditions like ankylosing spondylitis arrive, too. In a study of 3336 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, most ankylosing spondylitis patients were diagnosed in other healthcare settings instead of rheumatology practices. The majority were diagnosed by other practitioners while 7% were diagnosed by chiropractors or PTs. The median time for diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis from a back pain diagnosis to a rheumatology referral was 307 days. (1) Your Juneau chiropractor understands the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and will make that referral as necessary.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFFECTS
Aurora Chiropractic Center, being a Juneau back pain specialist clinic, will see ankylosing spondylitis patients as it is a spinal condition. 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 occur. 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 make its sufferer tired, and men are more likely to suffer with ankylosing spondylitis than women. While ankylosing spondylitis does its fusion thing, Aurora Chiropractic Center 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 Juneau CHIROPRACTIC MAY HELP Juneau ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUFFERERS
Diagnosing Juneau 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 draw some relief in terms of pain reduction and improved activities of daily living. (2) Your Juneau chiropractor effectively and eagerly works in partnership with Juneau healthcare colleagues to assist Juneau chiropractic patients find the gentle care they require.
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