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Ankylosing spondylitis is kind of arthritis condition. It symptoms include long term ligamental and jointal inflammation in your spine, pain and decreased mobility of the joint. Moreover, in severe cases, your bones get affected causing your spine to be stiff. If this is the case with you, you may have a problem of stiffness related posture. Moreover, other joints can also get affected; however, other uncommonly effected joints include neck joints, knee joints, hip joints and ankle and shoulder joints. Today, doctors and scientists are still not sure about the cause of the condition; however, in 90% of cases, people with a DND gene HLA B27suggests that the chances of their having ankylosing are greater. Oftentimes, inflammation starts in the lower backbone and in the sacrum-iliac joint. Patients, for the most part, complain of chronic pain and lower hip and back rigidity. Slowly, the symptoms move up along your spine and can affect the cage of ribs. In case it acts on the rib cage, your rib bones and sternum can get connected. If this occurs, you will find it hard to breathe, as your lungs may not be able to expand. As a matter of fact, Perth physios make an assessment and diagnosis if you have ankylosing spondylitis. The challenge in case of ankylosing spondylitis is you often do not notice the early symptoms of the condition. The symptoms resemble with those of other conditions like osteoarthritis of your knee, back, sprains and so on. After your Perth physio is done with your diagnosis, the focus of his treatments will be on providing as much relief from pain as possible, reduce inflammation and response to inflammation, prevent stiffness and up your strength and range of motion. In short, if you have this odd condition, you should go get in touch with a physio in Perth the soonest.
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