by AdminNZ | Jan 15, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
President’s Report This has been a year of significant changes for Arthritis New Zealand – changes that I think leave the organisation very well placed to meet the demands of the social, economic, health and cultural environment in which we operate....
by AdminNZ | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Arthritis New Zealand is offering a 10 week Hydrotherapy Exercise Course in Christchurch to help you manage pain and improve your mobility with arthritis. DATE: 4 September to 8 November 2018 on Tuesdays and Thursdays TIME: 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm VENUE: Burwood Hospital...
by AdminNZ | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Two days ago I felt on top of the world. I had lots of energy, my pain levels were very low and I had just completed a half marathon with no negative after effects. I was quietly confident that the new medication I started three months ago was having a positive...
by AdminNZ | Sep 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
“At 17 months old I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Now at 23 years of age I have rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A handful of my joints are also affected by osteoarthritis (OA). “Arthritis New Zealand supported me from an early age and in 2008 I...
by AdminNZ | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Arthritis is not just an old person’s disease. Half the 624,000 Kiwis with arthritis are of working age and around one in 1000 children has arthritis. Jacob Toresen was one of them. He was just like any other active, sports-mad Kiwi kid when he was diagnosed with...
by AdminNZ | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Kylie “I was diagnosed in my mid-20s with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). I’m now in my mid 40s. I have a job where I do a great deal of physical work with my hands in a creative industry, and so I was initially upset and devastated with the diagnosis, thinking, “what on...
