Lawrence Rick Phillips

I am reading an excellent biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chenow, and I am enjoying it. I have completed about 400 of the 1,200 or so pages, and...

"Centipede to the physician: Doc, when my feet hurt, I hurt all over." In Part 1 of this discussion, I talked about how foot pain can be linked to ankylosing...

Did you know that foot pain may be associated with having ankylosing spondylitis (AS)? Yeah, no kidding.  Most of us know that AS is far more than a back condition. It often...

I like to find used paperbacks for my ever-churning library of reading material. I usually have at least one book and one magazine in the process of reading all the time. For...

Ha, I did it.  I purchased a pair of walking poles. Specifically, these walking poles. I am delighted to have them. So this is what happened. A buddy of mine and a fellow...

I like roller coasters. I have not been on one for several years as my arthritis issues generally do not allow me to stand and walk freely around a large park...

I have to admit that I rarely feel whole. I know my body is physically whole; in fact, I am in better health today than I was twenty years ago. In...

When diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), I had never heard of it until a chiropractor asked, “Has anyone ever told you that you have AS?” “No; what the heck is...

I used to love to use the app Stumble Upon. The way it worked is I would enter the website and probably based on search history it would take me...