Arthritis has many faces and to many people, the faces can be distressing, disabling or even frightening. The key to you being able to successfully manage your arthritis is YOU.

So where do you start? By learning all you can about the disease and then implementing the most appropriate methods of treatment. Doing so can return you to an active more enjoyable lifestyle. Most important is your personal involvement. Remember you are the head of your treatment team. You call the shots and you can make your life better simply by knowing and understanding what can work best for you. True success will be measured in learning how to more effectively interact with your doctors, feeling better and doing more.

Our Arthritis Learning Center is made up of informative, timely articles that focus on arthritis and osteoporosis as well as what treatments are most effective in treating these disease processes. I encourage you to use our Learning Center to stay current in what you need to know and understand as you go forward living your life Feeling Good With Arthritis®. If you have suggestions or comments, you are welcome to Ask Jan.

I have worked closely with my editorial staff in making our Arthritis Learning Center the best it can be for you. Our staff and medical colleagues have expertise in their specific specialties including rheumatology, orthopaedics and physical medicine. Each has played a significant role by contributing their expertise on important arthritis topics as well as reviewing articles from numerous sources to validate their medical accuracy.

Let your learning experience begin now. Just click on any article to read it and be sure to check back soon; new articles are added on an ongoing basis.

Arthritis:

• Cortisone Considerations
• Is It Arthritis...Or Something Else?
• Medication Overview
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis vs. Osteoporosis: Different Diagnosis, Different Treatments
• Pain: It's Many Faces
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Thumb-Base Arthritis
• Winning Over Arthritis

Hips and Knees:

• Advances in Joint Replacement
• All About Total Joint Replacement
• Considering Total Joint Replacement
• Differences Between Hip and Back Pain
• Hip Pain
• Knee Pain
• Viscosupplementation

Osteoporosis:

• Conservative Management of Osteoporosis
• Kyphoplasty
• Osteoporosis Diagnosis & Treatment

Shoulders:

• Shoulders: Is it Arthritis, Bursitis or Tendinitis?

Spine:

• Adolescent Scoliosis
• Adult Scoliosis
• Aging Spine
• Cervical (Neck) Herniation
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Diagnostic Testing: MRI, Discogram, Myelogram & EMG/NCS
• Herniated Disc (Pinched nerve)
• Minimally Invasive Fusion
• Spinal Fusion
• Spondylolisthesis
• What are the Different Types of Epidural Spinal Injections?
• When Does Spinal Arthritis Become Spinal Stenosis?