Get Your Back Up is a public awareness campaign for Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).
Galway hurling star Joe Canning launched the second public awareness campaign for Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). Munster Rugby legend and Irish International John Hayes, launched the previous campaign in 2008.
Often dismissed as general back pain,Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS) is a painful, progressive rheumatic disease. It mainly affects the spine and sacroiliac joints but it can also affect other joints, tendons and ligaments.