Gestures during activities: patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS) should avoid long-time bending to reduce burdens on spine and prevent the occurrence of spine deformity. Strenuous load-bearing activities should be avoided so as not to worsen the illness condition. When you pick up stuff from the floor, you should firstly squat themselves and avoid direct bending.
Standing:
Keep the head up straight, relax the shoulders, slightly adduct the abdomen, keep the same width between the feet and shoulders, maintain the natural position of ankle, knee, hip and other joints.
Sleeping:
Sleep on hard wood bed. Soft bed can easily cause spine curve or deformity. Sleeping on hard wood ned can help to maintain the physiological curve in the patients and prevent spine deformity. Therefore, the patients should insist on lying on hard bed, and choose hallow pillow. To prevent spine deformity, the patients should better choose sleeping on their back.
In daily life, the patients should try to maintain proper sitting gesture. That is, keep your back straight with the feet put flatwise. It is better to avoid keeping the same gesture for long time. In addition, you should regularly exercise your back and make back muscle relaxed so as to avoid muscle nervousness or cramps.
The above is about the proper gestures for patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS). Hope it is of help for you. If you have further questions regarding to the management of AS, you may leave me a message.
