What do Case Management nurses do? Lorry Schoenly, PhD, RN is a nurse writer and educator with over 25 years of experience. She has been certified in five different clinical specialties including critical care and emergency nursing.
What is Spondyloarthritis? Spondyloarthritis is an umbrella term for inflammatory diseases that involve both the joints and the entheses (the sites where the ligaments and tendons attach to the bones). The most common of these diseases is ankylosing spondylitis.
Spondylosis is an umbrella term used to describe pain from degenerative conditions of the spine. Most spondylosis symptoms result from spinal osteoarthritis, but there may be other causes as well.Spinal osteoarthritis primarily affects the facet joints, which are paired joints on the back of each vertebral level.pondylosis may also refer to degenerative changes in the disc called degenerative disc disease, in which spinal discs begin to thin, lose moisture, and break down. Pain from degenerative disc disease can originate in the disc itself, or come from changes in the biomechanics of the spine.