Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Cracking my back?

Hi all...
Just been suffering from a very stiff upper and lower back lately.
I have been doing weights at the gym for the last month and i think
Its because of that i have the pain. My AS dosent normaly give me a stiff
Back and was wondering if anybody has tryed cracking there back to releve any stiffness
They have had.... Not quite sure its a good idea to crack it though....
Penny for your thoughts....

Chiropractors are pretty much off limits. Our bone structure is not that of a normal person and manipulations can be very dangerous. I have read some stories where surgeons who have dealt with Spondy patients claiming bones to be like wet chalk instead of hard structures.

Its not just that bones can be soft, its those little extra syndesmophytes and osteophytes, where a good "crack" through physical manipulation could actually lead to spinal cord injury.

Hi
I agree with both, it won't help the stifness, as much as a good stretch, if you can, and a hot shower. I would not let anybody adjust my spine.

Janet

Thanks all
Pretty much confirmed what i was thinking

Just going to stick to a deep stretch

I so glad i have this page to talk to people befor i try anything new.

Again thanks for helping

I have to point out first that I am undiagnosed.

But that said; I went to a Naparapat 2 years ago, for hip and lower back pain. Unrelated to this I thought at the time I got shoulder pains I get once in a while and always before it resolved by chiropractor cracking my neck. Th eNaprapat did the exact same move, and it led to what is now 2 years of neck pain, cronically.

I wouldnt reccomend it without first getting a good set of pictures that can tell the Chiro or Naprapat what is actually the sate of your bones and joints.