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In this video, I will show you a few tips on how to use your walker safely in the house. Specifically, you will learn how to get up and down...

I'm just returning from a long hike in one of my favorite parks in town. I don't do this too often, but I felt the need to do so because...

It was a lengthy debate. After receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in April and reading all the mixed research saying that some people who are immunocompromised or have autoimmune conditions may...

Our world, our lives don’t stop because we have rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We are still moms, dads, brothers, and if we are still so lucky, coworkers. The roles that we...

The Managing Treatment and Medication Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Treatment is a big part of managing a chronic (long-term) health condition like rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

I may have mentioned (several thousand times) how frustrating inaccessibility and discrimination are from the vantage point of having disabilities and using a motorized wheelchair. I have had battles with...

I was in a funk lately. I know, I hate to use that term because it sounds like I’m 100 years old, but it’s the perfect word for it. What...

Every day, living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will bring anxiety-producing situations into your life. It’s no wonder that anxiety is something most of us deal with. With a bit of...

If being a woman wasn’t difficult enough sometimes, add rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to the mix during your monthly cycle and there’s bound to be some unique challenges. Many women with...

I’ve had rheumatoid disease (arthritis) for decades. I’ve written about living as well as possible with it for a long time, and I feel like I have some expertise. I...

In exploring available medication options for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the off-label use of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Naltrexone is a medication traditionally...

Fatigue is a blanket term for extreme tiredness. If you have a chronic illness like rheumatoid arthritis, then you are probably quite familiar with this term and have firsthand experience...

I grieve for myself. I should say, "my former self." I no longer grieve the event that caused the grief; that ship has sailed. Instead, I grieve my suffering. What...

There's an unusual interloper in my healthcare team that is surprisingly related to me having rheumatoid arthritis (RA): an ophthalmologist and optometrist. This might seem like a weird connection, but...

Walking is like medicine. We’ve all heard this before: the more we move, the more we support and protect and strengthen and condition our joints, the lower we keep our...

I keenly remember a time, especially early in the course of my rheumatoid arthritis (RA), when it hit me that I was feeling less than whole as a result of...

A study recently published in The Journal of Physiology sheds light on challenges experienced by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients when they exercise. Researchers studied physical responses to exercise (mean arterial...

A few weeks ago, I fell and broke my hip. It's not how I wanted to start the summer, especially after a year and a half of living confined during...

For a decade, I have been dealing with an ever-worsening right ankle that keeps curling further and further underneath. The saga has been going on for years now and it’s...

Yeah, those. The non-agonizing tweaks and twinges. The background knee-throb. The sudden, sharp jab that takes your breath as you pick up a dish to put it in the dishwasher?...