Updated Oct, 15, 2021 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes joint inflammation and pain. It happens when the immune system doesn’t work properly and attacks the lining of the joints, called the synovium.

Released March 25, 2025 PODCAST OPEN: You’re listening to the Live Yes! With Arthritis podcast, created by the Arthritis Foundation to help people with arthritis — and the people who love them — live ...

Supplements for Arthritis For Release Oct. 8, 2024 PODCAST OPEN: You’re listening to the Live Yes! With Arthritis podcast, created by the Arthritis Foundation to help people with arthritis — and the ...

Remember what it was like to walk without aches? Get that sensation again by taking your workout to the water. “Exercising in a pool provides nearly instant relief from pain and stiffness,” says Mary ...

Sit-to-Stands Each of these sit-to-stand exercises, provided by physical therapists from the American Physical Therapy Association, can improve your ability to get up from a chair, get in and out of ...

By Linda Rath | July 11, 2022 Your joints have been sore and stiff for months, so you’ve decided to see an arthritis specialist, or "rheumatologist" — a doctor who specializes in musculoskeletal ...

By Linda Rath | June 8, 2022 If the experts are right, a lot of people are in a state of chronic inflammation. This is different from acute inflammation, which causes pain and swelling when you twist ...

By Mary Anne Dunkin | June 10, 2022 Sometimes gout can be diagnosed based only on symptoms: intense, painful swelling in a single joint — often in the big toe — that subsides, only to show up again in ...

If you’re a pet lover, you know that spending time with a beloved cat, dog, rabbit or other pet can lift your mood. The good news is science shows it has real physical and mental health benefits, too.

By Linda Rath A majority of people with arthritis — around 80% by some estimates — have trouble sleeping. They might have a tough time falling asleep, staying asleep or both. Most agree they hurt more ...

By Cat Perry Your knees are crucial joints, each held together by a durable but vulnerable network of stabilizing ligaments, tendons, cartilage and bones. Knee ligaments have the especially tough job ...

By Anthony Williams and Bryan D. Vargo July is Juvenile Arthritis (JA) Awareness Month and a time to elevate awareness about juvenile arthritis (JA) and other childhood rheumatic diseases. Together ...