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Congratulations Raj!

ASIF Trustee, Raj Mahapatra has done it again! For an incredible third time, Raj has completed the Montane Spine Fusion Race. 268 miles (431 kms) of hilly trails over less than six days, all to achieve a personal challenge and to raise awareness of AxSpA/AS, which Raj lives with. A huge congratulations to Raj Mahapatra. You are an inspiration!

Spine Race is with National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society and Montane.

Watch Raj’s finish in the video below, and visit https://www.facebook.com/TheSpineRace/ to view more of the video series.

NASS is the official charity of the Spine Race. If they’ve left you feeling inspired, please consider donating to their fundraising page here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/spinefusion

Episode 7 Montane Spine Fusion® and Spine Flare® 2019

Episode 7 of the 2019 Montane Spine Fusion® and Spine Flare®.

Posted by Spine Race on Thursday, 27 June 2019

The 13th General Council Meeting was held in Guangzhou, China on 10-13 October 2018. We thank Dr Jieruo Gu and her team for hosting us and for all their assistance in making the event so successful.

We had delegates from over 20 countries. Our speakers were all excellent and the workshops lively. This year we invited members to

each give a presentation about their work or a particular aspect of it. This was hugely well-received, delegates had many questions for each other. This is definitely something we will build on and include at the next Council Meeting.

The full Report can be downloaded here.

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Mallinson has lived with AS for over 35 years. He developed this content as a consultant to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.

No payment was received.

Let’s not hold back on this. You’ve got Spondyloarthritis and your back and some of your other joints hurt, a lot. You’ve also noticed that you’ve lost some flexibility and simply can’t get into the positions you used to be able to. Furthermore, what with the fatigue and bouts of depression, you don’t feel like doing ‘it’. But you are still young and you know it’s healthy for couples to have regular sexual intercourse. What’s to be done?

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