Is heat or cold better for ankylosing spondylitis?

Heat helps me so much. I tried using cold, but it didn't do much. I love my heating pad and taking hot shower and hot baths for all over pain.


Nicky (Team Member)

Heat works best for me, but ice during the day for my back pain.

Heat. The heat is the thing. I love the heat. The older I get, the more I like it. In my youth, I hated the heat. I loved being cold. The colder, the better. The AS and advancing years have put paid to all that daftness. These days you'll often find me hugging a radiator or on the sofa with a throw over my legs or spending extra minutes under the shower, especially with the jets of hot water hitting my neck. My car is a sauna. My house, hotter than a hothouse. I'm turning into an old fogey. Increasingly, I am using phrases like ‘where’s that draft coming from?’ And ‘Blimey! It’s a bit parky in here, isn’t it?’ Comments I thought only old fogeys used. It had to come; I suppose. 😊

Give em the heater Ricky !!!!