Flexibility. It is vital for a body
to be flexible. One disease that may take flexibility
away is ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis is not
curable, but decent care by a knowledgeable
practitioner like your Buffalo, NY chiropractor may help diminish
its symptoms and lasting effects. It’s an inflammatory disease that over
time can trigger your spinal bones, the vertebrae, to fuse. Fusing
anything give rise to
less flexibility. Disc Centers Of America seeks to maintain flexibility in its Buffalo, NY
chiropractic patients.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IS
Patients visiting
Disc Centers Of America often have straightforward
conditions that describe their back pain
experience. Sometimes, more unique
conditions like ankylosing spondylitis arrive, 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 time for diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis from a diagnosis of back pain to a referral to a rheumatologist was 307 days. (1) Your Buffalo, NY chiropractor understands
the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and will make that
referral as necessary.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFFECTS
Disc Centers Of America, being a Buffalo, NY back pain
specialist clinic, will see ankylosing spondylitis patients as it
is a spine-related disease.
Ankylosing spondylitis most commonly 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 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 cause fatigue, and men are more likely to
suffer with ankylosing spondylitis than women. While ankylosing spondylitis does its
fusion thing, Disc Centers Of America 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 comes to an ankylosing spondylitis spine.
HOW Buffalo, NY CHIROPRACTIC MAY HELP Buffalo, NY
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUFFERERS
Diagnosing Buffalo, NY ankylosing spondylitis may be complicated
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 performed as well as the classic
clinical examination. Once diagnosed though, mixing medical
treatment via a rheumatologist with chiropractic treatment (spinal
manipulation, Cox® Technic) can draw some relief like pain reduction and improved activities of daily living. (2) Your
Buffalo, NY chiropractor successfully and enthusiastically
teams up with Buffalo, NY
healthcare colleagues to help Buffalo, NY chiropractic
patients find the gentle care they need.
CONTACT Disc Centers Of America
Schedule a Buffalo, NY chiropractic visit
for Buffalo, NY back pain relief. If ankylosing spondylitis is your back
pain condition, know that Disc Centers Of America is here to help.
Disc Centers Of America is all about keeping Buffalo, NY spines as flexible as
possible and permitting Buffalo, NY chiropractic patients
to do all their activities of daily living they want.