Devon Price...Dr. Devon Price was previously an advocate on AxialSpondyloarthritis.net. Dr. Devon Price is a social psychologist, writer, activist, and professor at Loyola...
How I Manage Lower Back Spasms...Walking down the stairs, I suddenly fall to my knees and grasp for the banister. The muscles in my lower back are...reactions21comments
Emotions Are a Part of Having AxSpa...Having AxSpa is no fun at all. I don’t wish it on anyone. It can make you feel so many emotions. It...reactions3comments
Empowering Myself Through Negative Judgements...Recently I made an Instagram reel regarding how abled individuals, or those we surround ourselves with, are so quick to have opinions...reactions3comments
Trouble Falling AS-leep...I have always been a bit of a night owl, but since AS forced its way into my life, it has taken things to...reactions27comments
There Is No Universal AS Experience...One of the things that really helped me understand and move through some of the grief and confusion of my AS diagnosis...reactions4comments
The Mind-Body-Spirit Axis: Holistic Flare Tips...I’ve noticed that my flare ups are 100 times worse when my mind, body, and spirit are not aligned. More pain. More...reactions5comments
Getting Rejected for Disability Aid...At the end of my article "Too Disabled to Employ, Not Disabled Enough to Help", I was about to apply a second...reactions36comments
7 Years in No Diagnosis Land, Part 2...In part 1 of No Diagnosis Land, I told you how I started to have symptoms in different parts of my body...reactions7comments
When the Rain Came...Summer 1999. I am working and earning good money as a self-employed carpenter. The kids are doing well in school and Teresa...reactions4comments
Sal Marx...Sal was previously on an advocate on AxialSpondyloarthritis.net. Marx is an artist who works to illuminate invisible disease experiences and disrupt the...
The Easing of COVID Restrictions and My Fourth Vaccine...As Covid restrictions ease here in Ireland, my anxiety levels are doing the opposite. I understand that we can’t live forever in...reactions3comments
3 Tips for Caregivers When They’re Not Needed...Sometimes Keegan, my husband with AxSpa, doesn’t need me. Sometimes, Keegan is back at 80% or 90% or 99%, and I am...reactions4comments
Coming Out of the "Chronic Closet"...To be frank - when I was first diagnosed with AS I was embarrassed. I didn’t know a single person with an...reactions14comments
A Piece of My Heart...I woke this morning around 4:30 a.m. thinking of my father. When I was a child, he was up at the crack...reactions3comments
March Is the Worst Month (and the Best Month)...I’m sitting here after a long day of work along with Keegan, my husband with AS, talking about how the weather wrecks...reactions1comment
Failed back surgeries...Hi, I am 56 years old. Back in 2007, I was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). I had surgery which took an...reactions13comments
History of My Life...I was a swimmer and dance coach but with my untreated autoimmune disorder back in childhood (vitiligo) I experience a sharp flare-up...reactions7comments
AS and Colitis with Abdominal Pain...My ankylosing spondylitis (AS) started as a teenager but back then all they called it was “bad back”. I am now 72...reactions2comments
Evolution to AxSpA Diagnosis...I was diagnosed in 2014, with axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) after an MRI confirmed inflammation in areas of my spine. For the last...reactions3comments
