Free downloads

At Arthritis New Zealand we have a number of brochures on all the main types of arthritis from rheumatoid arthritis to ankylosing spondylitis. You can download them below (Acrobat pdf files). These are free of charge.

• About Arthritis
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Care of Feet
• Complementary Therapies
• Diet
• Diet – Hindi
• Diet – Mandarin
• Ease Your Arthritis – Hindi
• Ease Your Arthritis – Mandarin
• Fibromyalgia
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
• Lupus
• Nutrition and Arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis – Hindi
• Osteoarthritis – Mandarin
• Pain Management
• Physical Activity
• Polymyalgia
• Psoriactic Arthritis Booklet
• Reactive Arthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Scleroderma

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Arthritis – Exercises to Keep You Moving

Arthritis New Zealand and Physiotherapy New Zealand have combined their expertise to produce a new exercise guide entitled Arthritis – Exercises to Keep You Moving.

The new guide provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for exercises that will greatly benefit people with arthritis or a rheumatology condition which is affecting their joints or muscles.

• Arthritis – Exercises to Keep You Moving (.pdf, 1.7MB)

 

Joint Support

Check out the past issues of our quarterly members magazine ‘Joint Support’:

• Joint Support – March 2013
• Joint Support – Issue 44 – December 2012
• Joint Support – Issue 43 – September 2012
• The Juice – Issue 42 – June 2012
• The Juice – Issue 41 – March 2012
• The Juice – issue 40 – December 2011
• The Juice – issue 39 – September 2011
• The Juice – issue 38 – June 2011
• The Juice – special edition – April 2011
• The Juice – issue 36 – March 2011
• The Juice – issue 35 – December 2010
• The Juice – issue 34 – September 2010
• The Juice – issue 33 – April 2010

 

Reports

Get a free downloadable copy of The Economic Cost of Arthritis to New Zealand in 2010 Report.

If you would like more information please call 0800 663 463.

New Zealand Health Report: Chronic Pain

A recent phone poll of over 1,600 New Zealand adults commissioned by Pfizer New Zealand in partnership with Arthritis New Zealand shows that many people who experience chronic pain feel their condition is misunderstood by society and sometimes by healthcare professionals.

Chronic pain is a complex condition to treat because it is present among many illnesses, from arthritis, cancer, fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis to other musculoskeletal pain disorders.

The Pfizer New Zealand Health Report: Chronic Pain, released today, found that one in eight (12%) New Zealand respondents are affected by chronic pain, and 65 per cent of those with chronic pain said other people often or sometimes doubted the reality of their pain. Thirty-five per cent of all respondents agreed with the statement that chronic pain is used as an excuse for people who don’t want to work.

Download the New Zealand Health Report: Chronic Pain