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Patient Education Resources

Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • We Got Your Back (UHN Online Educational Module on Ankylosing Spondylitis)
  • Canadian Spondylitis Association (CSA)
  • National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (UK)
  • Spondylitis Association of America

Blood test Results 
  • Positive ANA meaning (via ACR). For PDF leaflet, click here.
  • ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) Test (via Medline Plus)
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome handout (via Oxford, NHS-UK) (PDF file link)
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome video-John Hopkin’s (Youtube)

​Fibromyalgia 
  • Fibromyalgia (RheumInfo.com)
  • Fibromyalgia – including a video explanation (via Mount Sinai Hospital New York, USA)
  • Fibromyalgia (NHS-UK) 
  • Fibromyalgia (BUPA-UK)​
  • Fibromyalgia (NHS-Inform)
  • Chocrane.org: Fibromyalgia and Exercise
  • ​Fibroguide (via University of Michigan-needs Flash). For the PDF version click here. 

General Rheumatology Patient Education Resources
  • Rheum Info
  • Arthritis Rehabilitation and Education Program – i.e. virtual “physio/OT” (via CAS-free for OHIP patients)
  • Canadian Arthritis Society
  • Managing your bone, joint or muscle pain (Chartered society of physiotherapy-UK)
  • TAPMI Program (Ontario)
  • Ways to manage Chronic Pain (NHS-UK)
  • Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Tool (cep.health)
  • Ways to manage Chronic Pain (NHS-UK)
  • Pain BC
  • Chronic Pain Australia 
  • Versus Arthritis
  • Arthritis Foundation
  • Healthlink BC
  • ACR Patient Education
  • Simple Tasks (also via ACR)
  • Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA)
  • Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
  • Joint Health
  • Patient.info (UK)
  • EULAR recommendations for patient education for people with inflammatory arthritis [PDF]

Gout
  • Gout Education (via Rheum Info)
  • Eating Guidelines for Gout (Health BC)
  • Oxford Kidney Unit Dietary advice for managing gout Information for patients. PDF file.
  • Gout Education Society

Lupus
  • Lupus Canada
  • Lupus Foundation of North America
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Low back pain:
  • Low back pain advice sheet (PDF)
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Medications
  • RheumInfo.com rheumatology medication section
  • Alberta Rheumatology medication information

Mental Health
  • Mental Health and Wellness (Canada)
  • Every Mind Matters (NHS-UK website)
  • Compassionate Mind Foundation (UK)

Myositis
  • Myositis Association 

Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoarthritis Education (via Rheum info)
  • Osteoarthritis information via the Canadian Arthritis Society
  • GLAD Canada (Osteoarthritis education program)
  • Osteoarthritis information via Patient.Info (UK)
  • A Guide for People with Hand Osteoarthritis (BC). PDF file.
  • Obesity Canada – public/patient resources​
  • Rheuminfo.com osteoarthritis information
  • University of Alberta osteoarthritis FAQ

Osteoporosis
  • Osteoporosis Canada
  • Osteoporosis Canada Calcium Calculator
  • Osteoporosis overview (Healthlink BC)
  • National Osteoporosis Foundation (USA)

Pain Patient Education 
  • Managing your bone, joint or muscle pain (Chartered society of physiotherapy-UK)
  • Ways to manage Chronic Pain (NHS-UK)
  • Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Tool (cep.health)
  • TAPMI Program (Ontario)
  • Ways to manage Chronic Pain (NHS-UK)
  • Pain BC
  • Chronic Pain Australia 

Pediatric Rheumatology
  • About Kids Health (Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto)

Pregnancy and Rheumatic Disease
  • MotherToBaby (US Mother-Risk alternative)
  • Pregnancy and Rheumatic Disease (ACR)

Physiotherapy resources:
  • Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Conditioning Program​ (via Orthoinfo). PDF file
  • Arthritis Rehabilitation and Education Program – i.e. virtual “physio/OT” (via Canadian Arthritis Society-free for OHIP patients)
  • Hand and Finger Exercises (PDF)
  • Arthritis of the Base of the Thumb Advice and Exercises (NHS UK). PDF file​
  • Knee Physio (OrthoInfo)
  • TREK Physio educational resources
  • ​SimpleSet App
  • Hep2Go​​
  • Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
  • Healthy Aging: Seniors’ Mobility Toolkit
  • Physio-Pedia

Raynaud’s Phenomenon
  • ACR patient fact sheet (PDF file link)

Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS-UK) 
 
Scleroderma
  • Scleroderma Canada

Tendinitis/Bursitis
  • Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Conditioning Program​ (via Orthoinfo) (PDF file link)
  • Shoulder Rotator cuff tendinitis (PDF file link)
  • Shoulder Impingement (PDF file link)
  • Pes Anserine Bursitis (PDF file link)
  • Trochanteric Bursitis (PDF file link)
  • De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis (PDF link – Oxford/UK)
  • Tennis Elbow (PDF link – Oxford/UK)
  • Golfer’s Elbow (PDF link)
  • Baker’s Cyst (PDF link)​
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