Smart exercises for Ankylosing Spondylitis – Dr. Vijay KR Rao

“It is very important that AS patients are engaging themselves into regular physical activity. So I recommend all patients from the start
to have regular general walking for about 15 to 20 minutes every day and gradually increasing the duration as the body is a custom to, in addition to this I recommend AS patience to have yoga or swimming sessions at least 3 to 4 times a week. Exercises such as plank exercises or muscle stretching for the neck lower back and hips and that includes and actually tend them exercises are recommended to prevent in a long-term disabilities and also to improve the flexibility. It is also important to you for the patience to have certain muscle strengthening exercises or muscle balancing exercises with IG. There are various classes held all over the city now for all are these exercises, Physiotherapy in general will have particular courses of 6 weeks courses of Physiotherapy sessions for this disease which is strongly recommended. I often tell my patients exercises or like taking tablets the must be every day and it has to be all through your life. There is a misconception that exercise cures Ankylosing spondylitis which is actually wrong. What exercises does is a degree of flexibility when you are on treatment but if you are not on treatment inflammation is higher exercises might give you some kind of symptom relief but will definitely do not as it is supposed to be with the treatment. The treatment has to be combined with exercises on a daily routine.”