Our Programs Empower
With Arthritis Foundation programs, you can strengthen muscles, improve flexibility and boost your mood and self-confidence. Taught by nationally certified instructors, the Arthritis Foundation’s Life Improvement Series empowers people with arthritis through aquatic, exercise and self-help programs that are proven to increase mobility, reduce pain and stiffness, and physician visits.
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is an exercise program designed specifically for people with arthritis that uses gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility and range of motion and to help maintain muscle strength. Learn more.
Water is a safe, ideal environment for relieving arthritis pain and stiffness. That's why the Arthritis Foundation offers is Aquatic Program, designed to safely keep your joints moving and improve your sense of well-being. Learn more.
Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi Program® is designed to improve the quality of life for people with arthritis using Sun style Tai Chi, one of the four major recognized styles of Tai Chi. This style includes agile steps and exercises that may improve mobility, breathing and relaxation. Learn More.
The Arthritis Foundation Self-Help Program helps you learn the skills you need to build your own self-management program that helps you become an active member of your health-care team, work better with your health-care providers and handle the day-to-day challenges of your disease. Learn more.
Walk with Ease can help you take the first step toward making exercise a habit. The Walk with Ease program helps you develop a walking plan that meets your particular needs, helps you stay motivated, helps you manage your pain, and teaches you to exercise safely. Learn more.
Our Programs Fit Your Needs
With a variety of programs from which to choose, there’s sure to be one that best fits your personal needs and goals. Your local Arthritis Foundation office can help you find programs and services available in your community. Consulting with your physician also may help you select the appropriate exercise and management program that is best for you.
Our Programs Change Lives
The Arthritis Foundation works with real people – people who came to us wanting to take back control over their lives and reduce their pain from arthritis. We are proud to say we helped them. In fact, many past program participants are now program instructors who believe in our programs and want to share what they’ve learned with others. Hear their stories and share yours.
Our Programs Are in Your Community
Arthritis Foundation programs are offered throughout the country in most major cities and in many convenient community-based settings, such as your local YMCA. Available at minimal cost to participants, they are offered in locations that are attentive to Americans with Disabilities Act standards, including access for people in wheelchairs and with impaired mobility. Your local Arthritis Foundation office can help you find programs and services available in your community.
Organizations
The Arthritis Foundation can help employers and managed care organizations reduce costs by providing the preventative care and interventions that reduces the risk of more costly care. If you would like an Arthritis Foundation representative to talk to your organization about physical activity and arthtitis, contact your local office for more information. Ask the program director about "Physical Activity and Arthritis: You Can Do It!"
