Arthritis Insights

Get Moving Series The Get Moving Series will be a compilation of recorded exercise videos. I will be demonstrating a variety of very basic exercises that you can do in or outdoors, at home or (when things get back to normal) at the office. Regardless of the current climate,...

As well as being great for our overall health, we know exercise can have many benefits for our arthritis and its symptoms. But, keeping up regular exercise habits can be difficult for a wide range of reasons. The Arthritis Foundation have put together this article to help overcome the...

Walking. It’s free, low risk and one of the most effective means of reducing the pain and stiffness associated with arthritis. Walking is an excellent exercise option for people with arthritis. It’s low impact, great for our joints and has amazing benefits for our health and wellbeing. Physical activity...

Sedentary behaviour is simply defined as ‘too much sitting’ Sedentary behaviour are activities where you spend a lot of time not using energy. These can include, sleeping, lying down, sitting, watching television, and playing on the computer. Finding a balance between resting painful joints or pacing activities, and limiting...

How are hands affected by arthritis? Any joint in your fingers, thumbs, knuckles and wrists can be affected by arthritis. Many different types of arthritis can affect your hands and cause joint pain, swelling and stiffness, e.g. osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Just because you have arthritis in one...

WORD Day is an international day has been created to raise awareness and knowledge to help in early diagnoses of young rheumatic diseases. Early intervention changes lives, so this WORD Day, we are sharing diagnosis stories from our juvenile arthritis community. Thank you to Archie, Megan and their families, for...

What is psoriatic arthritis? Psoriatic arthritis is a condition that causes inflammation of the joints. This causes the joints to become painful, stiff and often swollen. Around one in ten people who have a skin disease called psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis. Sometimes the arthritis appears before or at the...

Each year Arthritis Australia runs a campaign to determine the best and worst packaging as voted by people living with arthritis. According to their research, 44 per cent of consumers struggle with packaging every day, negatively impacting their emotional wellbeing and sense of independence. Hard-to-open packaging can also increase...