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@A MySpondylitisTeam Member, I echo Spondyandothers in saying Congrats on your exercising, pushups and benches. I wish I could do what you are doing. I am 72 but have injured shoulders and right leg to where I can’t do those exercises but I find other ways to try to get exercise. Good for you Glenn. Keep it up!!- Drew
My son also has AS. He is 37. He just had the heart eval and no issues. So now back to rheumatologist. I am 71 and had the chest pains back in my late 20’s and 30’s. I kept exercising and they finally went away but now my spine and neck 100% fused by AS. Still doing 100 pushups a day though and benching 110.
There's quite a bit of helpful information on ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and chest pain! Here's a summary of the key topics covered:
Costochondritis and AS
One of the most common causes of chest pain in AS is costochondritis — inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs. It can feel intense, even mimicking Show Full Answer
Good on you @A MySpondylitisTeam Member! Chest pain is covered well above, but I just want to commend you on your pushups and benches. You should be proud!
Glenn, I have AS and chest pain. I have learned with AS, and any autoimmune disorder, the body is attacking itself. You may have thought that it would show up in just your bones and joints. It shows up everywhere else too because the body is fighting itself so it extends to everything else. The Chest Pain you may feel is difficult to determine if its heart related, costochondrotis or any other number of possibilities. I am doing that now to get to the bottom of my chest pain. I am in middle of a heart eval, completion mid september. ( we are trying to find out why I drop suddenly without warning- if its heart related or otherwise, along with having chest pain. Some of the pain is from Fibromyalgia.)
So Glenn, what are you having in the way of chest pains!
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