Neck involvement in ankylosing spondylitis will seriously affect patients' activities, even simple actions such as raising head, lowering head and turning back will aggravate the pain, or even fail to complete it. In a few patients, the whole spine and lower limbs bend forward into a tough bow in the late stage. People with severe spinal flexion can only see the ground when standing, but can't see the wall. Ankylosing spondylitis is very harmful to human body, so people should be alert to this disease, pay attention to all abnormal symptoms, see a doctor as soon as possible and treat it as soon as possible.

In order to prevent patients with ankylosing spondylitis from premature stiffness of spine, leading to hunchback deformity, and maintain the activity function of each joint, besides acute and active pain, posture correction and joint function exercise should be carried out. Patients should keep correct posture when walking, sitting and lying down, stand with chest and abdomen as far as possible, and look straight ahead.

Hold your chest out when you sit. You should sleep in a bed with moderate hardness, low pillow, supine position, and straighten your legs to avoid postures that promote flexion deformity. If the upper thoracic and cervical vertebrae are involved, the use of pillows should be stopped. Measure your height regularly. Keeping a record of height is a good measure to prevent early spinal curvature that is not easy to find. Never bend with the bend in order to avoid backache or fatigue, but do whatever you feel comfortable, which will accelerate the deformity of the spine in the long run.

In order to maintain the mobility of the spine and joints, patients should often perform activities such as forward flexion, backward inclination and left-right rotation of the neck, chest and lumbar spine in all directions. In order to maintain the flexibility of the chest, patients should often take deep breaths and chest expansion exercises. In order to keep the range of motion of hip and knee joint and prevent contracture deformity of hip and knee joint, patients should often do squats and other activities.

In a word, patients with ankylosing spondylitis try their best to prevent spinal stiffness, tendon contracture, muscle atrophy and joint function loss through automatic and passive joint activities.

Experts can consult online to learn more about the treatment plan, specific costs, rehabilitation time and degree, daily care and functional exercise of ankylosing spondylitis. I hope it will help you and get well soon.