Ankylosing Spondylosis

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects joints in your spine. Healthcare providers sometimes call it axial spondylarthritis.

Ankylosing spondylitis also affects the joints where the base of your spine meets your pelvis. Your sacroiliac joints are the connection between your spine and pelvis. Specifically, they’re the place where the sacrum (the triangle-shaped last section of your spine) meets the ilium (the top and back part of your pelvis).

Symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis: In the early stages, ankylosing spondylitis is likely to cause:

• Stiffness and pain in your lower back in the early morning that lasts at least 30 minutes and then eases through the day or with activity
• Pain that wakes you in the night
• Pain in one or both buttocks and sometimes the backs of the thighs.
• The condition can sometimes be mistaken for common backache.

Common backache often comes in short and painful spells. But the pain from ankylosing spondylitis is likely to be long lasting.

You may also have neck, shoulder, hip or thigh pain, which is worse when you’ve not been active for a time, for example if you sit for long periods working at a desk. Some people have pain, stiffness and swelling in their knees or ankles.

The pain and stiffness can vary over time. If most of the spine is affected, it can cause difficulty with activities that involve bending, twisting or turning.

Causes of ankylosing spondylitis:

• An autoimmune condition is ankylosing spondylitis. When your body is attacked by your immune system rather than kept safe, autoimmune illnesses result.
• The exact cause of ankylosing spondylitis is unknown to experts. Research has revealed a strong genetic correlation between AS and particular genetic alterations. Genetic mutations are alterations in the sequence of your DNA that result from cell division.
• More than 60 different genes have been shown to be mutated in AS. The gene for human leukocyte antigen-B, or HLA-B27, is one instance. Over 90% of white individuals with AS also carry a mutant copy of the HLA-B27 gene.

Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis: It can be slowed down and pain and stiffness can be treated with various methods. Maintaining the mobility of your spine and enabling you to lead a normal life requires both exercise and careful attention to your posture.

Physical therapies:

• Physiotherapy is a very important part of the treatment for ankylosing spondylitis. A physiotherapist can put together a programmed of exercises to improve your muscle strength and help you maintain mobility in your spine and other joints.
• It’s especially important to exercise your back and neck to avoid them stiffening into a bent position.
• A physiotherapist will advise you on how to maintain good posture and may be able to offer you hydrotherapy, also known as aquatic therapy. This involves specific exercises for the spine, hips and shoulders carried out in a special warm-water pool.
• Many people with ankylosing spondylitis find this therapy helpful and continue their programmed at their local swimming pool or with their local National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) group.

Exercise:

• Stand against a wall
• Waist turn
• Lay down, knees bent, breathe
• Superman
• Head and shoulder raise
• Bird-dog

Why Do You Come to Spine Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre (SPTRC) for Ankylosing Spondylosis ?

Our physiotherapy staff in Shyamoli is very skilled in treating Ankylosing Spondylosis. Before treating you, we must first assess the patient, discuss with them, and create a treatment plan. We offer shockwave therapy, acupuncture therapy, electromagnetic field therapy, intermittent cryotherapy, and more. We can immediately relieve your pain.  

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