Location: British Columbia

Arthritis Fire Ball Vancouver Ignites Change with Gala Supporting Women and Children Unified in their mission to end the agony of arthritis, Arthritis Fire Ball Vancouver brought together a sold-out crowd of philanthropists and sponsors this past weekend. Together, they rallied to raise funds and awareness for over six million people across Canada living with. . .

If every picture tells a story, then artist Sharona Franklin has used every artistic medium to capture and chronicle her long journey with arthritis. Her work is definitely not art for art’s sake. Every day, the 33-year-old writer, artist and advocate battles a myriad of rare juvenile inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, but despite that, she. . .

Pro-skater Spencer Hamilton suffered many years before he got diagnosed. He wants to make sure that doesn’t happen to you. It is safe to assume most professional skateboarders deal with persistent joint pain, and Spencer Hamilton is no exception. The incredible amount of stress he puts his body through on a regular basis is unimaginable, and. . .

Surgery Spotlight: Total Joint Replacement If you’re considering surgery to treat the effects of arthritis, you likely have lots of questions swirling around in your head. While every case is unique, and there are many kinds of arthritis, it can be still be helpful to hear stories from people who have gone through surgeries themselves.. . .

Ankylosing spondylitis is hard to pronounce – and sometimes harder to diagnose accurately. Just ask Jacquie Shinkewski. Jacquie had just entered her 50s when she was first diagnosed with the disease back in 2016. But she had been plagued by the disease’s painful symptoms since she was a teenager. At that time, the orthopedic surgeons she. . .

Laura Pavey’s joint pain started when she was just 15, but for over a decade doctors kept dismissing the active young woman’s concerns as just pain. She was referred to a pain management clinic, was put on increasing amounts of opioids, eventually ended up in a wheelchair and was unable to continue her post-secondary education. As. . .

For Marianna Paulson, it began as sore toes and fingers the day after playing co-ed hockey in university forty years ago. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Marianna has had numerous surgeries to date, including foot and elbow reconstructions, hip replacements, and an operation to fuse vertebrae in her neck. Often feeling frustrated with the challenges she. . .