Tips To Improve Your SleepSleep is fundamental to help regulate the immune system and live a vibrant and energetic life. We need sleep for restoration, repair...reactionscomments
Not Just Coping But Living With a Chronic IllnessOne of the things that I hear from others who are living with chronic illnesses like ankylosing spondylitis is that they are...reactions2comments
How Music Helps Me CopeMusic is incredibly important in my life. I began playing from a young age courtesy of a lovingly heavy influence from my...reactions3comments
I Was Okay Yesterday, But Today I'm NotIt's storytime. Are you ready? I’m out to dinner with some people — friends of a friend — who are casually talking...reactions8comments
“But You Don’t Look Sick”The thing about living with a sometimes-invisible disease is that it sort of feels like it's you against the world. You're living...reactionscomments
Yes, ChatGPT Can Help You Manage ASChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has been making headlines lately. As a faculty member teaching human-computer interaction, a discipline...reactions1comment
What I Have Learned From Working With Hundreds of People With AxSpaAs you may or may not know, I am the Co-Founder of Yoga for AS. We are an organization who specialize in...reactions1comment
Weathering the Storm: Getting Through Joint Pain During Weather ChangesKeegan knows when a storm is coming, and often more accurately than what my iPhone weather app tells me. Changes in the...reactions11comments
Food is Medicine: What I Eat In A DayI’ve now followed an integrative lifestyle approach to manage my AS for several years. Nutrition, movement, exercise, stress management, mindset, mindfulness and...reactions3comments
How to Organize Your Medical RecordsOne aspect of self-management we don’t often hear about is how to store and organize the information we receive in relation to...reactions1comment
Becoming My Own Healthcare AdvocateOne of my earliest memories is of the doctor's visits my mother used to attend with my grandmother. I remember my mother...reactions2comments
Arthritic Hands and Talk To Text for Ankylosing SpondylitisOver the past year, I have started experiencing more and more remarkably noticeable finger joint pain. I’ve always had a little bit...reactions5comments
I Tried Tai Chi and Qi Gong For Ankylosing SpondylitisI'm always looking for ways to deepen communication with my body, increase my mobility, and quiet my mind. Enter Tai chi and...reactions5comments
Strength Training and Ankylosing SpondylitisOver the last few blogs, you may have gathered I am a yogi and personally believe it is the most important form...reactions2comments
What Is the Social Health Network Community?Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health...reactions4comments
My Experience With an Ankylosing Spondylitis Self-Management CourseBack in the freedom of our pre-Covid world I was lucky enough to attend a specialist self-management course for ankylosing spondylitis at...reactions2comments
No, Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Not Rheumatoid Arthritis"I have ankylosing spondylitis or AS," I tell the busy-body woman who I know through friends and family. She's asking me how...reactions2comments
My Life in Ankylosing Spondylitis RemissionI was skimming the notes from my recent rheumatology appointment when I saw the word. “Remission.” A word I’d heard used most...reactions12comments
Remission From Ankylosing Spondylitis: The Search for a UnicornIn something of a weird coincidence, my step-father also had ankylosing spondylitis. Russ died tragically in a car accident several years before...reactions8comments
Preparing for Imaging Appointments With Ankylosing SpondylitisPart of life with ankylosing spondylitis includes scans to check for bone change and progression. My disease activity over recent years has...reactions7comments
