Nutraceuticals improved physical performance in an ankylosing spondylitis patient reaching 200 km of cycling per week.

BACKGROUND

To describe for the first time a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) successfully treated with cycling, and marked improvement of his physical performance after nutraceuticals.

CASE REPORT: A 63-year-old male with a diagnosis of AS. He received several kinds of drugs. He practices physical activity since he was a teenager, and cycling 10 years ago reaching 30 km/week. He had excellent disease control with cycling, and all medications were stopped. His physical examination demonstrates limitations of the lumbar and cervical spine movements. X-ray confirmed AS. He was treated with a nutraceutical supplementation and probiotics. He felt a progressive improvement in his physical performance and marked improvement of his mild residual AS clinical symptoms. After 1 year of follow up, he was doing 200 km/week by cycling.

CONCLUSION

This study illustrates a patient with AS under control, who could get a higher performance cycling after nutraceuticals supplementation.