As it turns out, Physical Therapy is a negotiation between your goals and what your body can handle, especially with Ankylosing Spondylitis.

There are as many disease courses as there are spondies with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Read more about my experience with AS disease flares.

Though this disease is painful and can be debilitating, many are able to lead a “normal”, albeit altered, life. What might AS mean for you?

Anyone else get lost in the slew of confusing and hard-to-pronounce terminology that comes along with an Axial Spondyloarthritis diagnosis?

Gastrointestinal issues are some of the more common complications of Axial Spondyloarthritis that occur outside of the spine...

December 9th, 2020 Tomorrow is another day. Carpe Diem. Here today, gone tomorrow. There are lots of clichés and aphorisms out there...

But my friends cannot see my increased inflammation, my coworkers can not read my pain levels on any given day, my doctors cannot record the

Morning stiffness comes with an urgency to move, but also a hesitation to move and cause more pain. On other mornings, I wake with mild-to-

When I don’t get enough sleep at night my body immediately lets me know with more than just tiredness.

It's vital to discuss the fallacies we run into when searching for information and the barriers we hit when seeking medical advice.

Before I received my directives to stay home, and even to a lesser-extent now, I worry about how my risk during the pandemic

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an immune-mediated rheumatic disease that causes inflammation, pain, fatigue, stiffness and lack of mobility,

But from the north, the mountains look slightly less abrupt as the juniper and pinion-covered foothills ease toward the crest and the crest

Our planet will most likely outlive the impacts of the Anthropocene, though what remains may be completely unrecognizable to us.

Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis? What does the diagnosis mean for you? You are your best advocate--arm yourself with information!

In other words, there’s a wealth of blogs and online resources for the skilled and able hiker, but there’s markedly less out there for those

AS provides its own restrictions, but there are also limits you can set to minimize your chance of increased pain, fatigue, and a flare.

Road trips are fun, but not always comfortable. Read some tips and tools for surviving long car rides with chronic pain and inflammation.

At the age of 30 I received my diagnosis, but not because someone accurately assessed my back pain. I was in the third year of my PhD