Lisa Marie Basile...Lisa Marie Basile was officially diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in 2017 after living with nearly a decade's worth of symptoms. She has...
Axial Spondyloarthritis Pain...Spondyloarthritis is a condition that affects the joints and the areas where ligaments or tendons attach to bone. Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) refers...
Caring for Someone With Axial Spondyloarthritis...Caring for a loved one with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) can be rewarding, but it comes with challenges too. AxSpA is a chronic...
Coping With Pain...Living with chronic pain can have a major impact on your daily life, affecting everything from your ability to go about everyday...
Is Chronic Illness Trauma a Thing and Do I Have It?...The short answer is: I don’t know. This would be an incredibly short article if my answer was simply yes. I asked...reactions9comments
Stress, Trauma, and Autoimmune Conditions: What Research Reveals...Painful life experiences can take a toll on your physical and mental health. We know that stress and trauma raise your risk...reactions2comments
Winter Is Here—How I’m Prepping for the Cold...The colder months are by far my least favourite time of the year. Sure, the snow is beautiful and it means I...reactions19comments
Getting Through the Cold Months With AS...As a person living with ankylosing spondylitis, I feel like I'm a human barometer sometimes. The weather is getting colder, and I...reactions6comments
Stages and Progression...Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a type of arthritis that typically starts during the teenage years or young adulthood. Most people start to...
Types of Spondyloarthritis...Spondyloarthritis is a type of arthritis that affects the joints and the areas where ligaments or tendons attach to bone (entheses). There...
Sausage Fingers (Dactylitis) and Axial Spondyloarthritis...Dactylitis is a symptom that can occur with many spondyloarthritis conditions, including axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). It most commonly occurs in people with...
Sex and AS: Position Pain Ratings and Tips for Pain Free Passion...Newsflash - people with chronic illnesses and disabilities enjoy sex too! You wouldn’t think it as a lot of the time we...reactions8comments
Enthesitis, Heel Pain, and Ankylosing Spondylitis...Did you know that foot pain may be associated with having ankylosing spondylitis (AS)? Yeah, no kidding. Most of us know that AS...reactions30comments
What Being Dynamically Disabled Means to Me...After 16 years of living with a dynamic disability, ankylosing spondylitis, I am only just scraping the surface of learning what it...reactions7comments
Axial Spondyloarthritis Flares: What To Know, How To Cope...If you have axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), you know how painful a flare can be. What exactly is an AxSpA flare? What can...reactions7comments
Anti-Inflammatory Banana Bread for Spondyloarthritis...I have a habit of buying bananas at the grocery store thinking I'll eat them up by midweek. As the days whisk...reactions5comments
Symptoms of AS Your Doctor Probably Doesn’t Talk About...Axial spondyloarthritis impacts my life in a lot of different ways. Not all of the symptoms I experience are obvious to others...reactions14comments
Trick Or Treat: How Living With AS Is Like Halloween All Year Round...Halloween is all about things that are scary, and having an incurable condition is as terrifying as it gets. This got me...reactions17comments
My Experiences With Switching Biologics For AS...Over my 5 years of having ankylosing spondylitis, I’ve had to switch biologics twice. I’ve tried Inflectra (Remicade) and Humira, and I’m...reactions4comments
Anti-inflammatory Lifestyle...I am now over 10 weeks into an anti-inflammatory diet to manage my axial spondyloarthritis, and it truly is a lifestyle. On...reactions5comments
