Posts tagged Ankylosing spondylitis
Is Your Spinal Stenosis Causing Back Pain?

SO YOU HAVE A SPINAL STENOSIS DIAGNOSIS… In this post I will cover the anatomy, what causes Spinal Stenosis, the possiblility Spinal Stenosis is not causing your back pain, the limitations of scans, other causes of back pain not vislible on scans, and the case of a teen with chronic back pain.

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Arthritis, Scoliosis, AS and Gout

A 40ish client with severe sciatic pain received an X-ray report that indicated she had osteoarthritis in her lumbar spine. She was devastated. She was terrified she’d end up in a wheelchair.

Several of my clients with severe back pain have been rocked by medical diagnoses of osteoarthritis, scoliosis, bulging discs, or ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

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