Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis ... So that's the end stage of the disease, when the spine is completely fused. The good news is that in these days, we are not seeing many patients ...

Surgery may relieve some effects of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in the most severe cases. Surgery options include laminectomy, spinal fusion, spinal osteotomy, and hip joint replacement.

"ankylosis" means fused bones. "Spondylitis" means inflammation of your spinal bones or vertebrae. The good news is that we have more effective treatments for ankylosing spondylitis than we ever ...

‘Ankylosing’ refers to fused bones and ‘spondylitis’ is inflammation in the vertebrae in the spine. Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is, therefore, an inflammatory disease that can cause the ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) does more than cause the telltale symptoms of lower back pain and stiffness — it can cause a range of symptoms and complications throughout your body, including an ...

Physical therapy for ankylosing spondylitis ... proper posture. The Spondylitis Association of America notes that core strengthening exercises are key to managing back pain in AS.

It’s two years since Novartis got its Cosentyx IL-17 drug approved for the spinal disease ankylosing spondylitis, and the Swiss pharma company has new data that it hopes will allow it to compete ...