Patients with ankylosing spondylitis should pay attention to rest in order to prevent joint strain from promoting joint injury. It is important to pay attention to your posture in daily life. When standing, try to maintain a posture of chest up, stomach in and eyes flat in front. Keep the chest upright when sitting. Patients should sleep on a hard bed and adopt a supine position to avoid positions that promote flexion deformity. Pillows should be low and should not be used if the disease invades the upper thoracic or cervical spine. Diet should be reasonable to avoid weight gain after overeating, which increases the load on the joints. Do not ingest unclean food, research has proven that the intake of certain harmful microorganisms may lead to certain adverse immune responses in the body and aggravate the disease. Overall, it is about staying optimistic and paying attention to the details of life. Ankylosing spondylitis —— exercise therapy is particularly important for patients with ankylosing spondylitis to maintain the physiological curvature of the spine, maintain joint mobility; maintain thoracic mobility, maintain normal breathing; prevent osteoporosis and disuse muscle atrophy. For example, the neck, thoracic, lumbar spine in all directions of forward bending, backward, left and right rotation, can maintain the mobility of the spine and joints; deep breathing and chest expansion exercises, can maintain the mobility of the thorax; squatting exercises, can maintain the mobility of the hip and knee joints. Swimming is not only good for limb movement, but also helps to increase lung function and keep the spine in physiological curvature, which is the most suitable whole-body exercise for patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Patients need to take the appropriate form and amount of exercise according to their respective conditions, avoid over-exercising.