The Arthritis Foundation recently announced a free public education program entitled, “Staying Active with Arthritis.”
The program takes place on Thu., Sept. 25, 6-7 p.m. at the Shute Park Aquatic and Rec Center in the Multipurpose Room. Check-in, refreshments, and resources begin at 5:30 p.m. and the program starts at 6 p.m.
“Staying Active with Arthritis” is designed to provide participants with information on how daily activities can impact life with arthritis. Dr. Shawn Macalester, Rheumatologist, will present on how better movements and activity can potentially improve your health.
Pre-registration is appreciated and can be done online at: http://edforum.kintera.org/hillsboro2014, by phone at (888) 391-9389 option 10, or email lmitchell@arthritis.org.
Shute Park Aquatic and Rec Center is located at 953 N. SE Maple Street in Hillsboro.
Arthritis is the nation’s leading cause of disability. It robs one in every five adults and 300,000 children of living life to its fullest. The Arthritis Foundation leads the way by helping people with arthritis live better today and creates better tomorrows through new treatments, better access and, ultimately, cures. The Foundation does this by:
• Funding life-changing research that has restored mobility in patients for more than six decades.
• Fighting for health care policies that improve the lives of the millions of Americans with arthritis.
• Partnering with families to provide empowering programs and information.
As the nation’s largest private funder of research, public health programs and advocacy on behalf of the 50 million Americans with arthritis, the Arthritis Foundation has set an impact goal to reduce the number of people suffering from arthritis-related physical activity limitations by 20 percent by 2030.
For more information, (888) 391-9389, or online at www.arthritis.org.
