The Arthritis Care Team is a specialized interdisciplinary team working with community partners that empowers people with rheumatological disease to self-manage based on shared decision making to optimize their health and quality of life.
The Arthritis Care team provides individual and group interventions aimed at
- improving pain, stiffness and mobility impairments
- managing or minimizing the risk of loss of function
- optimizing participation and engagement in activities of daily living
- improving wellness and quality of life
- community reintegration
Rheumatoid Arthritis Group Management Program - "Managing Your RA"
Sessions include presentations, group participation and discussion, and individual treatment with an Arthritis Care Team physical therapist and occupational therapist.
Learn about:
- understanding rheumatoid arthritis
- joint management and joint protection
- methods to relieve pain
- fitness and exercise
- managing fatigue
- relaxation
- nutrition
- pharmacy management and medical update
- strategies for living well
- goal setting to achieve change
Ankylosing Spondylitis Group Management Program - "Managing Your AS"
Sessions include presentations, discussion and active participation
Learn about:
- understanding ankylosing spondylitis and spondyloarthritis
- managing pain and stiffness
- fitness and exercise
- tips for daily living
- managing fatigue
- medical update
- goal setting to achieve change