Complementary and Integrative Health...Complementary therapies and an integrative health approach are often used to treat mental health conditions. Complementary therapies include nontraditional therapies – such...
Coping With Mental Health: Medications...Treating mental health conditions with prescription drugs is common. About 16 percent of American adults take medicine for a mental health condition...
Coping With Mental Health: Psychotherapy (Talk Therapy)...Psychotherapy is also known as talk therapy, counseling, or simply therapy. Psychotherapy is used to help with a wide range of mental...
Mental Health Myths and Facts...There are many myths and misconceptions about mental health. Because of the stigma around mental health conditions, it is important to know...
What Is Mental Health?...Mental health is the range of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that affect your well-being and how you relate to others. Just like...
Spondylitis Versus Spondylosis...Spondylitis and spondylosis are terms used to describe conditions that affect the spine. Both conditions cause back or neck pain and stiffness...
Complications and Comorbidities...Having axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) increases your risk of certain other health conditions. When you have more than one condition at the same...
Mild Fever and Spondyloarthritis...Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of inflammatory arthritis conditions. SpA is categorized as either axial (mainly in the back and spine) or...
Glossary of Spondyloarthritis...When you are diagnosed with a medical condition, you may start to see a lot of medical terms and abbreviations. Not knowing...
Myths and Misconceptions About Axial Spondyloarthritis...When you are first diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), you may not understand much about it. Learning about the condition and being...
Mental Health Month 2020: Not Just In Your Head...For a long time, we said mental health happens in the mind and the body is just along for the ride. People...reactionscomments
I Tried "Yoga for AS"...Many years ago, I walked into a sweaty, crammed group yoga class on Saint Marks Place here in New York City. It...reactions3comments
Throwaway Society...As someone who lives with a chronic illness, I am constantly battling the ever-present challenges of both the disease and life, in...reactions3comments
United We Stand...Today we live in a world where a lot of people have an opinion. At times those free-floating thoughts are insensitive, and...reactions12comments
How Disability Theories Exclude People with Chronic Pain...Disability is a complex topic, so naturally, there are many ways to think about it. The disabled community has different ideologies —...reactions3comments
City Living With A Chronic Illness, Part 1...I’ve been thinking a lot about accessibility and disability as I work on my third non-fiction book, City Witches. The book is...reactions2comments
AxSpA Pain Management...First of all, managing pain is different for everyone. During my journey, I quickly learned there is a lot of trial and...reactions3comments
The Inconsistency of My Illness Causes Me Fear...When it comes to chronic illness, no two days are the same. The inconsistency and unpredictability that come with a chronic illness is what gets...reactions4comments
Anklosying Spondylitis...I was recently diagnosed with AS. My rheumatologist first started me on Plaquenil even though I told her my last RA doctor...reactions1comment
My Experience on Taltz...Taltz is not my first biologic on my journey to finding the right treatment. My first biologic was Cimzia, but my rheumatologist...reactions2comments
