Thank you both. I thought I was going crazy!!(: And thanks for the warm welcome too(: I am 35 and just found out I have AS. I have had hip problems since I was 19. And now I have had back pain for about a year. At least waking up with pain. I see a rhumatologist in august. I had iritis over a month ago and thats how I found out. I never had heard of AS. But it explains a lot of what I have been going thru for years. And I am so happy I found this site. The stretching exercises I see on this site. Are they the ones everyone uses?

What doesn't kill me will make me stronger.
Trish