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Your time and expertise can change lives. From leadership board members and JA Camp counselors to Connect Group facilitators and Walk to Cure Arthritis participants, we are a volunteer-powered ...

Enter your ZIP Code or location to see how today’s weather forecast and upcoming conditions could potentially affect your pain level. There is a very low risk of weather-related arthritis pain. There ...

Understanding juvenile arthritis and other childhood rheumatic diseases can be difficult, but the Arthritis Foundation JA Power Pack can help A diagnosis of juvenile arthritis and other childhood ...

A 504 plan will help your child thrive in the classroom and participate in activities. The formal process for setting up a 504 plan requires eight important steps. This document outlines the ...

It’s hard enough as an adult to understand how a child could have a disease often linked to old age. So, as a parent, how do you explain arthritis to your child? Experts offer insight that may help ...

Work out in water for more support and less pain. Remember what it was like to walk without aches? Get that sensation again by taking your workout to the water. “Exercising in a pool provides nearly ...

Travis Salmon wasn’t the type to let a little ankle roll knock him out of the game. When he twisted his ankle playing basketball in high school and college, he did what was expected: He iced it, ...

Sometimes gout can be diagnosed based only on symptoms: intense, painful swelling in a single joint — often in the big toe — that subsides, only to show up again in the same or a different joint. In ...

Body-wide inflammation is at the root of most chronic diseases — and you may have more control over it than you think. If the experts are right, a lot of people are in a state of chronic inflammation.

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Your joints have been sore and stiff for months, so you’ve decided to see an arthritis specialist, or "rheumatologist" — a doctor who specializes in musculoskeletal diseases and autoimmune disorders — ...