Deep breathing and core exercises for spine inflammation

This trial is testing whether combining deep breathing exercises with core stability exercises (workouts that strengthen your abdominal and back muscles) can help treat ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis is a condition that causes inflammation in the spine and can affect how well you breathe and move. The researchers want to see if adding breathing work to standard exercise routines makes a real difference for patients.

While doctors already use medications and exercise to treat ankylosing spondylitis, researchers have noticed that the condition can affect how well people's lungs work — sometimes because of spinal stiffness or poor posture. No one has yet studied whether focused breathing exercises, when added to strengthening workouts, could help improve both breathing and overall function for these patients.