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the long-awaited (by me) info sheet on ankylosing spondylitis symptoms, research, and myth debunking is now available! send it to your friends, your enemies, your chronic illness groupchats, print it out and staple it to your local telephone polls - and please let me know if this is helpful, if you have questions, and if there’s anything you think should be added!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LLfI4ACQyiiLViyqVO030cTalZAFGfmu8n5-KuLzrrg/edit
#ankylosing spondylitis#axial spondyloarthritis#axspa#chronic pain#chronic illness#back pain#lower back pain#knee problems#knee pain#rheumatic diseases#mac.txt
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There should be extended warranties for spines. I want a full refund.
#disabled#spoonie#cripple punk#chronic pain warrior#bertolotti syndrome#scoliosis#back problems#lower back pain
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does anyone have any recommendations for back exercises? my lower back has been killing me since i got my testosterone blocker injection, and my endocrinologist basically just said like. yea that’s ur back muscles weakening do some exercises<3 without telling me any to do. any suggestions?
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MRI machines low key sound like they’re saying FUCK over and over again
#mri#fuck#chronic pain#disability#disabled#physically disabled#actually disabled#pain#lower back pain#I just had an mri of my lower back#because I fucked it up at work#and they want to make sure I dont have a herniated disk#I swear the mri machine kept saying FUCK with all the knocks lol
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I know most people love massages, and it apparently helps with lower back pain, but god, I'll literally maul anyone who dares to press down on my already hurting back. I'd rather wait until I can get some muscle relaxants.
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BOOKS ON MINDFULNESS HOBBIES YOU CAN ENJOY AT HOME...
As I am sure my readers are aware I am a true advocat for hobbies for pain but if you cannot get out to enjoy your hobbies then there are many books to choose from to try at home. Some of these books I may earn a commission from.
A great sewing project could start from Fat Quarters which are available in many shops and this book gives you lots of ideas on what to make with them. Fat Quarter:…
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Endomitriosis can affect the pelvic muscles resulting in painful bowel movements and painful intercourse.
#reproductive health#womenshealth#workout#endometriosis#ovarian cyst#pelvichealth#pelvic pain#lower back pain
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How to Get Rid of Piriformis Pain FOR GOOD
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#piriformis#piriformis pain#sciatica#lower back pain#stretching#it might not be sciatica pain but rather glute muscle pain#either way good stretch!#my sister sent me this video a year ago. i don't think i shared it here yet#stretch#Youtube
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Wait holy shit
AS describes exactly the pain I have
oh boy okay as i’ve mentioned i’ve got an extensive document on AS symptoms & mythbusting coming soon but i’ve been wanting to do a quick summary of “wtf is that?” for a while and this is the perfect opportunity! most stats in this post from this 2022 summary article (link) but note that their gender stats are questionable as recent studies show equal prevalence regardless of ‘sex’. so!
wtf is AS?
ankylosing spondylitis is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammatory back pain. it’s estimated to be 1.5 times as common as rheumatoid arthritis and over 6 times as common as lupus (SLE) but is incredibly underdiagnosed, which is why i’m super loud about it!
key symptoms of inflammatory back pain:
most frequent onset in early 20s but can be juvenile or later. articles say onset is prior to age 40 but seeing as i’m deeply skeptical of all things medical establishment i wouldn’t rule later onset out
either no history of mechanical trauma or unrelated (for example, i have a herniated disk but had AS symptoms for years before then)
pain gets worse with rest and better with movement - most sources say “exercise” but in the experience of me and other folks with AS i’ve talked to that’s debatable at best. my pain gets worse after remaining in the same position and better with rotating, stretching, etc; sitting upright is most painful for me, but on typical days i need to alternate laying down and standing / walking briefly
morning stiffness and back pain that wakes you up at night
alternating buttock (butt) pain
articles say inflammatory back pain improves with NSAIDs but i’ve never met any chronically ill person whose pain has been made manageable with NSAIDs
AS can also include (usually asymmetrical) joint pain in other locations (especially large joints like the hips, shoulders, neck, and knees - juvenile AS commonly starts with pain in one or both knees prior to spine involvement), fatigue, peripheral neuropathy, and enthesitis (inflammation of tendon insertion points, especially plantar fasciitis).
testing and diagnosis:
CRP and ESR for inflammation. 40-50% of people with AS do not have elevated inflammatory blood markers.
HLA-B27 gene marker. less common in people with non-radiographic AS (doesn’t show up on an x-ray) and more common in white people. only 6-10% of people who are HLA-B27 positive develop AS and plenty (10-30%) of people with AS are negative for HLA-B27 - myself included!
x-ray and MRI for spine inflammation. both of mine were negative; the absence of clinically visible inflammation does not rule out AS. there is a growing body of literature and education about non-radiographic AS; my rheumatologist put me on 20mg prednisone for a week while waiting on my bloodwork and scan results and when that helped my back pain immensely, said “yep it’s definitely inflammatory then” and that this is the standard of diagnosis/care rheumatological associations are advocating for
i wish you the absolute best of luck in finding an explanation and treatment for your pain 💕 if you (or anyone reading this who suspects they have AS!) have any questions feel free to reply, send me an ask, or dm me!
#ankylosing spondylitis#chronic pain#back pain#lower back pain#chronic fatigue#knee problems#knee pain#mac.txt#asks
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When I show up for my spinal injections, and the nurse asks if my pain is the same kind of pain as the last time, I have to internally chuckle a bit.
It's been the same kind of pain for 20 years. The only difference is we've now found a method to treat it that works.
#disabled#spoonie#cripple punk#chronic pains#bertolotti syndrome#scoliosis#back problems#lower back pain#disabilities
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Idk if I'm going to get anything done today. I woke up in so much pain and I'm kind of really scared and upset about it. I'm angry at the same time because I can't get into physical therapy until mid July. It just sucks.
You wanna know what mid July is? It'll be 3 years since all of this bs started. Which makes it so frustrating.
I feel like I'm back at the beginning. Nothing has happened. Nothing has been done but people telling me that I need to lose weight and that's all I can do! It feels like no one has helped.
I'm done venting. I can't put my thoughts together properly at this moment.
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for some reason i am having period symptoms and i am NOT vibing
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A large new study is raising questions about the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulators and whether they help patients reduce their use of opioids and other pain treatments.
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine analyzed health data for 1,260 patients who received permanent stimulators and found the devices did not reduce their use of opioids, epidurals, corticosteroid injections or radiofrequency ablation after two years when compared to a control group. About a fifth of the patients experienced complications so severe the devices had to be removed or revised.
Spinal cord stimulators (SCSs) are considered an invasive treatment of last resort for people with chronic back or leg pain, because the devices have to be surgically implanted near the spine and connected to batteries placed under the skin. The implants send electrical impulses into the spine to mask pain.
About 50,000 SCSs are implanted annually in the U.S. and their use is growing – in part because of the belief they’ll reduce the need for opioids and other pain therapies. (Read more at link)
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Lower back pain and walking (verse)
Shokatsuna
In the middle of work,
lower back pain rose.
Today is a holiday
I can't even take a walk.
Come to mind
Road cute
Subject plants.
It is my reason for living.
I want you to heal quickly!
next week
I want to go for a walk
Because I'm a wild grass freak.
(2018.04.08)
腰痛と散歩
仕事の最中
起きた腰痛。
今日は休日
散歩さえ出来ぬ。
目に浮かぶは
道道の可愛い
被写体の植物たち。
私の生き甲斐なのだ。
早く治って欲しい！
来週こそは
散歩に行きたい。
野草フリークの私だから。
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