When you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an inflammatory disease that causes pain and stiffness in your lower back and spine, it’s important to stay as physically active as possible. That may sound ...
If you are one of the approximately 1.5 percent of Americans who have been diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA)—a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that can cause pain, stiffness, and ...
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are different types of arthritis. Some symptoms of these conditions may overlap, but DISH and AS also have distinctions ...