Your Best Life with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Drastically Reduce Pain and Stiffness, Conquer Anxiety, Improve Digestive Health, and Overcome Chronic Fatigue

by Andrew Cummins

With over 25 years of experience living with Ankylosing Spondylitis, Dr. Andrew Cummins has seen the worst of this disease including opioid painkiller dependence. Today he is drug-free and better than ever. Because of this transformation, he has developed a functional medicine system that focuses on the underlying root causes and dysfunction that lead to chronic inflammation throughout the body. In Your Best Life with Ankylosing Spondylitis you will learn The underlying root causes of chronic inflammation, pain, and stiffness associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis How chronic inflammation leads to symptoms of anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue Foods that can damage your gut leading to chronic inflammation throughout the body Anti-inflammatory nutrition and specific exercises that can help you live your best life with Ankylosing Spondylitis NSAIDs and biologics, two of the most commonly used drugs for Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional lab tests that can help identify dysfunction and underlying causes

202 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2020

Reviews

[H.A. Leuschel · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's a lot to take away from this comprehensive, detailed and very well researched book about all things related to ankylosing spondylitis.

[Emily Walters · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish I could do a half star, because I’d rate it more 3.5. He was very repetitive throughout the book. But the information was fine. It just felt like he couldn’t said it once and made the book 2/3 of the length.

[Andrew Eaton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ankylosing Spondylitis

I wish l had this book years ago. I have muddled along for the past 20 years with AS and All the answers are here. Everything word is true l’ve lived it. Thank you Dr, cummins

[L E · Rating 5 out of 5]

I needed this today - someone who has AS, treated it successfully and passed on their experience

[yyyoshiii (☉_☉) ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Activation of the stress system of the body has been linked to inflammation of the joints, chronic eye inflammation, and chronic pain."

fml 🫠

[Stacy Rogers · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat informative but mostly redundant

If you are newly diagnosed with AS, you probably had been unwell for a fair amount of time. You probably have spent a lot of time researching your symptoms trying to find answers to what was ailing you. There is a lot of information about general inflammation and inflammatory disease processes in this book that you are likely already familiar with. I found the information in this book to be redundant, but some of the scientific explanations were helpful. I also found some of the exercises shared to be helpful as well. This book has potential to be really helpful to those who are completely unfamiliar with inflammatory illnesses & AS, but I think a good editor could help to streamline and condense the information included. I would rate this book 3 stars for the absolute “beginner,” and 2.5 stars for those with a basic understanding of inflammatory illnesses, anatomy, & physiology.