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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) |
it
generally begins as stiffness and |
Massage
is indicated in the sub- |
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Spondylitis |
is
a progressive arthritis of |
pain
around the sacrum, with occa- |
acute
stages of AS only, and |
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69) |
the
spine. |
sional
referred pain down the back |
then
only under a doctor's |
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of
the buttocks and into the legs. It |
supervision.
During acute epi- |
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has
acute and subacute episodes. |
sodes,
massage is at least locally |
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People
with advanced AS are |
contraindicated
in areas of pain |
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locked
in a flexed position. |
and
inflammation. |
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