How to exercise with ankylosing spondylitis?

Among the current joint, cervical and spinal diseases, ankylosing spondylitis is currently an extremely terrible disease. The terribleness of ankylosing spondylitis can cause patients to experience joint stiffness and forced bending of joints. As the condition changes, the patient's whole body will be affected by the joint disease. When problems occur in the lumbar spine and spine, it means that people cannot walk normally, their overall mobility deteriorates, and they are prone to falling. Therefore, patients with ankylosing spondylitis must combine exercise conditioning to achieve the treatment effect.

Ankylosing spondylitis exercise method

1. Cervical spine movement: The head and neck can move forward, backward, left and right, and the head can be rotated to maintain normal mobility of the cervical spine.

2. Lumbar spine exercise: Perform waist exercises, flexion, backward bending, side bending and left and right rotation of the body every day to keep the lumbar spine in normal range of motion.

3. Deep breathing: Deep breathing exercises should be done regularly every morning, during breaks at work, and before going to bed. Deep breathing can maintain maximum range of motion of the chest and maintain good respiratory function.

4. Limb exercise: You can do push-ups, push-ups, lower limb flexion and extension, chest expansion exercises and swimming, etc. Swimming is beneficial for limb exercise, helps increase lung function and maintain the physiological curvature of the spine. It is the most suitable whole-body exercise for patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

5. Patients with ankylosing spondylitis can swim in water of appropriate temperature, which includes chest expansion exercises, limb activities, and is beneficial to maintaining the normal physiological curvature of the spine. It is a good exercise method.

Depending on the individual constitution of the patient, the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis will vary significantly. During treatment, patients should also pay attention to their diet. Improper diet often causes the disease to worsen. Good eating habits can help the disease recover soon. Patients can adjust their diet according to the following suggestions.

Ankylosing spondylitis diet

First, as we all know, beans are rich in plant protein and trace elements. Plant protein can promote the metabolism of muscles, bones, joints, and tendons, and help repair lesions. Therefore, beans are a good food for the diet therapy of ankylosing spondylitis.

Second, ankylosing spondylitis is a disease of tendons, bones, muscles and joints caused by kidney deficiency. You need to eat more kidney-nourishing foods. For example, chestnuts have the effect of nourishing the kidneys, strengthening tendons and bones, and are extremely beneficial for tendons, bones, meridians, rheumatism, and weakness in the waist and knees. It can be eaten raw or cooked. Long-term consumption will strengthen the tendons, bones and kidneys.

Third, eating more vegetables and fruits is also beneficial. Warm foods such as lettuce, cabbage, white fungus, kelp, black fungus, tomatoes, carrots, celery, monk fruit, bananas, ginger, etc. are helpful for patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Among them, cabbage, white fungus and kelp have a therapeutic effect on ankylosing spondylitis.

Fourth, patients with ankylosing spondylitis should avoid eating raw or cold food, greasy and spicy food, smoking and drinking; they must not overeat.

Although ankylosing spondylitis is difficult to treat, since you are ill, you should accept it calmly and try to get the best possible treatment. You should take daily health care measures, mainly eat a reasonable diet, and provide the body with enough nutrients. Only in this way can you recover from the disease as soon as possible.