Run For Ankylosing Spondylitis #MOVEwithAS
Do you
suffer a constant chronic back pain? If yes, have you gone for a medical
diagnosis to understand the root cause of this constant pain? The earlier you
go for a proper diagnosis the better it is, because it could be Ankylosing
Spondylitis. Have you
heard of Ankylosing Spondylitis? If you’ve read my previous post about Move with AS - Ankylosing Spondylitis (#MOVEwithAS)
then you will have an idea what is this silent killer disease all about.
Run For Ankylosing Spondylitis #MOVEwithAS |
Last
weekend we were at the MOVE with Ankylosing
Spondylitis #MOVEwithAS Charity Fun Run at Evolve Mall, Ara Damansara. It
was a short 3km run with 6 obstacles and 4 mini games plus there were many more
activities prepared by the organizers aimed to educate and spread the awareness
about this disease amongst the public.
With Ben and Evelyn |
The
morning kick started with good stretching with a energetic Zumba dance! Once we
were all warmed up, the runners were ready to go for the run and obstacles challenges.
There were 4 heats throughout different timings - 7am, 740am, 820am and 9am. I
did the 2nd heat at 740am. Some participants came with their friends and
family. Most of them were seen in a group.
3KM run
|
It was a
short 3KM run starting from the mall passing by Ara Damansara LRT via Old
Subang Airport Road then back to the mall. Upon our run back towards the mall,
there were 6 obstacles awaiting our completion before the finishing line.
One of the obstacles – the net crawl |
Each of
these obstacles was designed to educate us about the difficulties faced by Ankylosing
Spondylitis patients on a daily basis. We always take things for granted - do
you know that an AS patients can’t even bend their back or turn their neck?
It’s a form of chronic arthritis that usually affects the spine, and joints
especially larger joints.
Warm-up
session before the run
|
The symptoms
however, may not be limited to the joints only. Patients with the condition
might experience fever, fatigue, and loss of appetite. Eye inflammation (redness
and pain) occur in some patients with AS. In rare cases, lung and heart
problems might develop.
In the mall – fun games, information booth, health and dental check-up, talks, lucky draw and ice cream redemption booth |
We did
it! After the run and obstacles we went into the malls for the four fun games;
redeemed our goodies and ice cream; did our body and dental check-up; at the
same time there were talks and lucky draw prizes too.
It is through
runs like this - I hope that we will be able to raise more awareness about this
disease so that people like you and I, would be able to go for early diagnosis
and seek early treatment. Usually patients with this degenerative disease live
life unaware and when they are diagnosed with AS, the disease would have
developed to the advanced stages.
100% of the registration fees go to Arthritis Foundation Malaysia (AFM) to subsidize needy AS patient treatments |
The rate
of early detection and treatment would rise in Malaysia enabling AS patients a
better standard of living. 100% of the registration fees go to Arthritis
Foundation Malaysia (AFM) to subsidize needy AS patient treatments.
Personally experiencing AS patient’s immobility and pain |
All in
all, I had a fun morning at #MOVEwithAS. It was only a short time for me
experiencing the sufferings and pain of an AS patient, I truly couldn’t imagine
going through the challenges on a daily basis. Hopefully there will be more
activities and programs to raise awareness about Ankylosing Spondylitis. I will
definitely be the first to support this cause.
Great event. Never heard about this before. New knowledge for me.
ReplyDeleteThis activity was a good awareness campaign for a serious medical condition. There is no harm in gaining more medical knowledge even though we may not be directly affected.
ReplyDeleteReally fun run. I want to join it next month.
ReplyDeleteNow I always careful when it involve movement - to ensure that my spine will stay withe me and be kind to me for my whole life
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of the conditions but it sure sounds painful to do the simplest of task. Looks like a great event and thanks for educating us!
ReplyDeletenice event for awareness building. will participate next time hehe
ReplyDeleteHai you are awesome girl. Nuce event and fun run.. Good sharing tq
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Oh bae u really joined alot of run LOL. WHY U SO HEALTHY. Really envy lo.
ReplyDeleteYou are getting stronger day by day dear. Keep it up =D
ReplyDeleteNice event! You are really an awesome person and strong women. *.*
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