by Arthritis NZ | Feb 8, 2023
It is hard to get going when I am in pain We empathise entirely. A few helpful tips follow: Plan your exercise when your pain management medication is most effective. Run a movie in your mind seeing yourself exercising as you plan to, and then conjure up the feeling...
by Arthritis NZ | Oct 6, 2023 | News
by Tracey Kellett The breath and stress: when we are responding to stress, our breathing pattern changes and becomes shallow and quick, and our shoulders take over from the diaphragm to move air in and out of our lungs. This style of breathing disrupts the balance of...
by Arthritis NZ | Oct 13, 2021 | How We Help, News, People with rheumatoid arthritis
As a long term donor and one of our social media followers, Cliff says he finds the comments from people living with Arthritis (on the Arthritis New Zealand Facebook page) interesting and, in some cases, troubling in that people are suffering. “It is so difficult for...
by Arthritis NZ | Oct 11, 2021 | How We Help, News, People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
It’s said that when you live with arthritis, your family lives with it too. They may not experience the pain and fatigue first-hand like you do, but it’s natural for them to struggle with the unwanted changes arthritis brings and grieve the things you’ve lost as a...
by Arthritis NZ | Oct 16, 2020 | News, People with ankylosing spondylitis
This Is What Arthritis Looks Like Arthritis is both a blessing and a curse. Tobie spent 11 years (from age 12) seeing different doctors and specialists before she was diagnosed. She was relieved when her symptoms finally had a name – Ankylosing Spondylitis. Tobie has...
