10 Surprising Household Items to Make Cleaning with Arthritis Less Painful
May 6, 2020
These simple objects, which you already have on hand, can make tidying up easier and quicker.
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Have Difficulty Breathing in a Face Mask? Advice for People with Asthma and Lung Disease
May 5, 2020
How can you stay safe when wearing a mask feels unbearable? Follow this expert advice.
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A Chronic Illness Patient’s 10 Commandments for Moving Forward in the Coronavirus Pandemic
May 4, 2020
For my mental health and to stay out of Facebook jail, I decided to stop screaming at others online and write an actual list of my own personal guiding principles going forward.
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‘Mysterious Blood Clots’ and COVID-19: What to Know If You’re on Anticoagulant Therapy
May 4, 2020
First, don’t make any changes to your prescriptions on your own. Next, consider what cardiologists are learning about abnormal clotting and COVID-19.
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Michael Kuluva, a Fashion Designer with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Just Created an Entire Handmade Collection All by Himself for a Virtual Fashion Show
May 4, 2020
Michael Kuluva has been using his fashion line Tumbler & Tipsy to raise awareness for arthritis and chronic illness for years — and he knew he had to find a COVID-friendly way to keep it going.
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I Have Many Types of Arthritis and Chronic Illness, But Am I Disabled? I’m Not Sure
May 3, 2020
I’m not sure which is better or worse: having a disability that is so visible that people stare at you in the street or one that is so invisible that people don’t believe you and accuse you of faking it.
Continue readingCreakyJoints Premieres “Joint Effort,” a Short Film to Highlight One Young Woman’s Battle with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
May 1, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Jessica Daitch Phone: 917-816-6712 Email: jdaitch@ghlf.org Film Kicks Off Arthritis Awareness Month UPPER NYACK, NY (May 1, 2020) – CreakyJoints®, the digital arthritis community for patients and caregivers worldwide and part of the Global Healthy…
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‘Made to Move’: How Zoe Zeerip Came to Defy and Embrace Juvenile Arthritis
May 1, 2020
Zoe Zeerip was just 13 when juvenile arthritis stole away the life she was used to living. Here is a poem that shows her struggle, adjustment, and triumph.
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‘Joint Effort:’ Q&A with Zoe and Zeppelin Zeerip on the Film About Her Fight with Juvenile Arthritis
May 1, 2020
Every day Zoe Zeerip pushes back against a condition that conspires to hold her down. Here, she and her brother Zeppelin discuss why they made this short film to share her story —and her fight.
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25 Small and Big Ways Invisible Pain Changes Your Life
April 30, 2020
From grocery shopping and getting dressed to your career path and identity, chronic pain seeps into every aspect of your life.
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