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Ankylosing Spondylitis & You

If you are suffering from ankylosing spondylitis, which we'll call AS for short, you may well have various questions about the disease.

At the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) we have produced this website to answer the questions patients most frequently ask. It also contains practical advice on things you can do to make the condition more bearable. Your family, friends, work colleagues, and even your GP, may also be interested to read it. Booklet copies are available from NASS free (Postage charge for North America, click here for North America) if you need them, click here to order your copy or click here to Download guide book in PDF format

As sufferers ourselves, we know what you are going through. As well as the inevitable pain of the disease, AS often generates feelings of frustration and fear. Some people do their best to ignore the condition and even deny that they have it. Our experience, however, shows that people who take an active interest in their condition can positively influence its outcome.

Moreover, there are certain exercises that will help reduce the deterioration in your posture and mobility. We have included some of these in this Website.

Thousands of our members have benefited from them and we hope you will, too. To keep fully up-to-date on treatment and issues related to AS, you will certainly find it worthwhile joining NASS. There are full details about the Society and its services see contacts page.

We hope you find this website useful.

Above all, we wish you well.
Jane Skerrett
Director of NASS

Registered charity no 272258