Exercise blogs
Some further reading (and watching): AStretch supporting people with AxSpA over the lockdown period
These have been most unusual times and we have all been working differently. We are very lucky as a group of physiotherapists working with people with AxSpA to have the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society encouraging and enabling us. These past few months we've...
Five Reasons People with Axial SpA might not do Physio Exercises and What Might Help….
February 2020: As February starts, if you are anything like me, the New Year’s resolutions that we made on the 1st of January start waning. My brand new trainers have had a few outings, but far less than I had hoped. Starting an exercise programme is hard, and keeping...
High Intensity Exercise – Does it Have a Place in the Management of Axial Spondyloarthropathy?
As we emerge from the pandemic sport has taken on a renewed importance in our lives. From the coming together during the Euro’s and the Olympics, to being able to play sport again with our friends it has helped to lift people’s spirits. So imagine, when your world...
June 2021 BSR eLearning – spotlight on Axial SpA
After a period of failing to produce our monthly blog, June is our month to gradually introduce this back into your learning schedules. Please do bear with us as we get things back together for what will hopefully soon be a monthly blog released on the first Monday of...
Physiotherapy evidence-base and experience of using the Peanut-Shaped Gym Ball with people living with rheumatological conditions, including Axial SpA
Promoting regular exercise is an important part of supporting people living with rheumatological conditions including axial Spondyloarthritis (axial SpA), a chronic inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the spine . Working as a rheumatology specialist...
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AStretch is a not-for-profit private limited company (17070919); our main aim is to provide a co-ordinated approach to the planning and delivery of education and best practice. Also to support physiotherapists working with people who have Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) and Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).