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| Is Massage Good for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS) |
Massage for patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS)
Massage is a health care method for patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS). Usually, Ankylosing Spondylitis firstly attacks sacroiliac joint, and later extend upwards to the cervical vertebra. As a consequence, the patients may experience repeated back pain, sacroiliac stiffness, and alternate waist and hip pains. With the illness condition progressing, the pais are alleviated, however, the spine joint and other joints are deformed, which is difficult to be treated.
For the patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis, massage can be applied as an assistant therapy. During massage, using the contraction and relaxation of muscle groups around the hip and trunk of the axial skeleton can put the symptoms of AS into remission. If a patient suffers from severe pains from AS, seeking for massage treatment will help to remit the symptom. Remember that massage should be done by an expert doctor.
However, it should be noted that massage will not help for treating the injured joints. It can be used as a health care method, but actually don’t help for the control of progression or joint damage that already exists.
Conclusion
Massage is one of natural therapies for treating Ankylosing Spondylitis. For the patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS), there are better treatment options to well treat the disease (Please refer to Better Treatment Options for Ankylosing Spondylitis). If you want individualized treatment suggestion for AS, you may contact us directly.
