by AdminNZ | Apr 3, 2020 | News
It’s time to ditch the diet and instead create a balanced lifestyle you love. A healthy lifestyle that is easily maintained is more helpful for chronic conditions like arthritis, than the never-ending pursuit of weight-loss. Weight-loss is often heralded as an...
by AdminNZ | Apr 3, 2020 | News
The internet is overloaded with advice and exercise tips that are good for your hands, and information overload can be overwhelming. Therefore, we have put together a helpful list of tips to manage arthritis pain in your hands, exercises that will help and other...
by AdminNZ | Mar 26, 2020 | News
Living with a long-term health condition like arthritis can affect all aspects of our wellbeing, including physical, social, mental and emotional. Each of these dimensions of health influences and supports the other. We know that stress, tension and anxiety can...
by AdminNZ | Mar 19, 2020 | News
In response to ongoing community preparedness for the spread of COVID 19 and particular concern for the vulnerability of the elderly and immune-compromised populations Arthritis New Zealand has decided to suspend community presentations, workshops and face to face...
by AdminNZ | Mar 17, 2020 | News, People with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
When a child is diagnosed with arthritis, “how can my child have arthritis- that’s for old people”! is a widespread reaction. – The common stereotype of arthritis being a condition that affects the elderly is pervasive but wrong. March 18th is WORD Day, the...
by AdminNZ | Mar 13, 2020 | Media Releases, News
There are confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand and Arthritis New Zealand encourages people to stay up to date with Ministry of Health information about it. The following advice is from New Zealand Rheumatologist Association rheumatologist Prof. Andrew Harrison....
