OrthoIllinois Chiropractic helps McHenry 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 well-informed practitioner like your McHenry 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 makes it less flexible. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic looks to keep its McHenry chiropractic patients as flexible as possible.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IS
Patients visiting OrthoIllinois Chiropractic 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 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 referral to a rheumatologist was 307 days. (1) Your McHenry chiropractor knows the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and will set up that referral as necessary.
WHAT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFFECTS
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic, being a McHenry back pain specialist clinic, will see ankylosing spondylitis patients since it is a disease that affects the spine. Ankylosing spondylitis most frequently involves the spine, especially the low back and occasionally the sacroiliac joint. Wherever tendons and ligaments fasten to bone (spine, breastbone to ribs, hip, shoulder joint), ankylosing spondylitis may arise. 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, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic may be able to help guide its fusing ways to help maintain 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 McHenry CHIROPRACTIC MAY HELP McHenry ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUFFERERS
Diagnosing McHenry ankylosing spondylitis may be complicated in some cases as symptoms may range from neck pain and stiffness to low back pain and hip pain. In some cases, imaging (MRI, xray) and lab tests are performed in addition to the classic clinical examination. Once diagnosed though, mixing medical treatment via a rheumatologist with chiropractic treatment (spinal manipulation, Cox® Technic) can bring about some relief like pain reduction and improved activities of daily living. (2) Your McHenry chiropractor effectively and enthusiastically collaborates with McHenry healthcare colleagues to help McHenry chiropractic patients find the gentle care they need.
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