Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds & Dr. Hillary Norton On Treating AS, Pain Management & More

Dan Reynolds — lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling, GRAMMY Award-winning band Imagine Dragons — has earned legions of fans worldwide with sold-out tours and a string of chart-topping songs including “Radioactive” and “Thunder.” While the band dominates the charts, behind the scenes Dan has been living with AS, an inflammatory arthritis of the spine, for more than a decade. After suffering from unexplained back pain for many years, in his early 20s Reynolds was diagnosed with AS, which is part of the axial spondyloarthritis disease spectrum that many people are not familiar with.

Making a difference in AS awareness, Dan Reynolds is the lead spokesperson for Novartis on the Monster Pain In The AS campaign, educating people around the world about unexplained back pain and axSpA. On September 23, 2020, I had the pleasure of speaking with both Reynolds and rheumatologist Dr. Hillary Norton, who also has axSpA, about this disease and more via Zoom. The full chat is embedded below, while more on the Monster Pain In The AS campaign — including a free quiz about back pain — can be found via www.monsterpainintheas.com, www.instagram.com/monsterpainintheas and www.facebook.com/monsterpainintheas.

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Tags: ankylosing spondylitis, Dan Reynolds, Dr. Hillary Norton, Imagine Dragons, Novartis, Pain Management

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."