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Arthritis South Australia - we're here to help you

Welcome to Arthritis South Australia. We are a charitable organisation here to support you, whether you have arthritis and are in pain, have difficulty moving as well as you would like to, or if you want to help someone close to you who suffers from arthritis.

Arthritis South Australia is committed to improving the quality of life of people with arthritis and related conditions. They can be babies, because sadly even kids get arthritis too, through to the elderly. We are dedicated to reducing the social and economic burdens of arthritis. We do this by funding research, providing education and giving support. We also create awareness about arthritis and advocate on behalf of people with arthritis at all levels of government.

This website gives you information about some of the more common types of arthritis, provides information and tips to help you manage arthritis, showcases cutting edge research, offers details on courses that you can book into, ...and much more.

Arthritis South Australia is a member based organisation that relies upon both memberships and donations to fund its many activities. We hope you find the information here useful and we welcome feedback about how our website can best serve you. We also welcome donations.

Thank you!

2017 TelethonSA Rivergum Home & Land Lottery results

Congratulations to the following winners in the 2017 TelethonSA Rivergum Home and Land Lottery, which was drawn at 2pm on Wednesday 20 December 2017 at 387-391 South Road, Mile End.

First Prize - Ticket 116499, A. Hager

Second Prize - Ticket 183416, S. Treloar

Third Prize - Ticket 117237, K. Ryan

Book Buyer's/ Seller's Prize - Ticket 171713, G.Lee

Early Bird Prize - Ticket 114998, K.Maidment - Longbottom

Osteoarthritis; translating research into practice

The University of Adelaide recently held The Annual Florey Public Lecture, with Professor David Hunter - the world's leading expert in Osteoporosis - sharing his research on a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of OA. View a recording of his lecture by clicking on the read more button below.

Membership of Arthritis SA is better than ever with one major health insurance fund in South Australia reimbursing many of its "extras" customers their total membership fees.

Arthritis SA recommends that each Arthritis SA member with health fund "extras" check with their funds to see if they can get their total Arthritis SA membership fee back.

That's just the start of the good news for Arthritis SA memberships, now due for renewal. New membership payment options of three and five years are being offered, in addition to the usual one year membership options, kept at $25 for concession card holders and $40 without a concession card. Concession card holders can now pay $65 for three years of membership or $100 for five years. Non-concession card holders can get three years of membership for $100 and five years for $120.

Membership is one of the most valuable contributions you can make to your self-management and knowledge about arthritis. Member benefits include:

3 copies of Arthritis SA's magazine annually

Free entry into Arthritis SA consumer courses and seminars

Free entry into support groups of choice

Discounts on products available at Arthritis SA or on the website's shop

Ready access to health educators

Advocacy

Congratulations to the 2017 Great Escape Lottery (Lic M13255) winners

...and the winners are....

First prize, ticket 3296, David Freak

Second prize, ticket 15626, Ruth Shields

Third prize, ticket 2665, Brian and Pam Spencer

Book Buyer's prize, ticket 1403, book with tickets 14037 - 14047, Mary-Anne Dempsey

Katrina makes the right moves, despite inflammatory arthritis

South Australian Katrina Smith has the world at her feet in October, defying a world of pain.

Despite suffering from inflammatory arthritis, Katrina, 22, competed with a team of 24 young women in one of Australia's biggest calisthenics competition, known as the Royal South Street Calisthenics Senior Championships, in Ballarat. Her team, Marden Calisthenics College, will be doing six routines over 12 hours, displaying prowess that won them the State Championships in August.

Yet just before last Christmas Katrina didn't feel she could even move, although she had been doing calisthenics since the age of four and classical ballet throughout much of her teen years. The Sturt Football Club Cheerleader was to discover she had inflammatory arthritis, the auto-immune conditon that causes swelling in her joints.

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Osteoporosis Australia has launched the Know Your Bones online tool which provides a personalised estimate of bone fracture risk. Evidence-based and consumer-friendly, it takes approximately five minutes to complete, and aims to empower consumers to initiate discussions about bone health and osteoporosis with their GP.

New research could lead to more targeted treatments for sufferers of a rare but debilitating auto-immune disease, a PhD student studying in Adelaide says.