Amplifying Black Voices: How Healthcare Providers Can Better Serve the Community...For our Amplifying Black Voices series, we are exploring how bias in healthcare affects the quality of life for Black people living...reactionscomments
Fatigue-Busting Tips for Ankylosing Spondylitis...When I'm in the throes of an ankylosing spondylitis (AS) flare-up, the fatigue is through the roof. We're talking about getting up...reactions5comments
Rethinking Arthritis Fatigue...My sister Danica* has a next-level guest room. If she ever decided to quit working in [redacted] Danica would conquer the hospitality...reactionscomments
What's in your AxSpA flare toolkit? Share a photo with the community!...Everyone copes with AxSpA and symptom flare-ups different. Do you have a cozy cave, or place in your home where you go...reactions12repliesCopingFlare Management
Rest and Back Pain...Getting a good night's rest is something many of us in this community struggle with. I too have had and still have...reactions2comments
The Question that Keeps Me Up at Night...There's a question that keeps me up at night. Could my husband, Keegan, be suffering from more than just AS? What if...reactions5comments
Coming Back Home to Myself...I am making more space for things that are good for me. I am temporarily separating myself from the ideology of productivity...reactions1comment
I Miss Having a Choice...Every morning I wake up immediately feeling the fire behind my eyes and think to myself, “Time to do the same thing...reactions3comments
7 Items That Help with my AxSpA...With a chronic illness that is largely out of my control, I rely on certain items to give me a sense of...reactions1comment
My One Year Painiversary...As my one-year painiversary is coming up, I thought writing an article about this topic was important. My last pain-free day was...reactions1comment
The Therapeutic Effects of Sharing Your AxSpA Story...When I was first diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a form of axial spondyloarthritis, I wasn’t sure how to talk about my experience...reactions1comment
My Symptoms May Be Invisible, But I am Not...A lot of my symptoms are very much invisible. When I was first diagnosed, I felt like I was invisible. Within the...reactionscomments
Just another bad day...Friday morning, 6 am, the voice of my husband trying to wake up the kids for school. I tried to open my...reactions5comments
You are just a monster ... I am not scared!...On the good days (still in pain but manageable), I feel like I am on top of the world. I am so...reactions5comments
Q and A About My Disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis...A: Haha, it's pronounced: AN-KUH-LOH-SING SPON-DILL-EYE-TIS. It's a degenerative inflammatory disease that is mediated by the immune system and primarily affects my...reactions2comments
Enthesitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: Part 2..."Centipede to the physician: Doc, when my feet hurt, I hurt all over." In Part 1 of this discussion, I talked about...reactions12comments
What yoga poses or stretches have helped you move comfortably? Share a photo with the community! ...Stretching helps to loosen stiff muscles and joins and may even help ease some pain from AxSpA. What stretches or poses have...reactions13repliesCopingExercise
Pets of AxialSpondyloarthritis.net...Let's see your pets! Kicking things off, here's my buddy Rockko. ...reactions5repliesCoping
How To Keep Your Head Up Through The Diagnosis Process...We all have different experiences with our diagnoses. Some of us have to wait several years, see countless doctors, and do numerous...reactionscomments
I Developed Peripheral Spondyloarthritis; Here's What That Means...There are two main categories of spondyloarthritis: axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis. Chances are, if you are reading this, you or someone...reactions23comments
