DMARDS
Biologics
Osteoporosis Medications
Gout

Shoulder Exercises
Knee Exercises
Hip Exercises
Core strengthening Exercises

Professional Organizations:

Amercian College of Rheumatology rheumatology.org

Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations csro.info

California Rheumatology Alliance calrheum.org

Southern California Rheumatology Society socalrheumatology.com


Non-Profit Organizations:
Arthritis Foundation arthritis.org


Creaky Joints CreakyJoints.org


The Lupus Foundation of America lupus.org


Lupus Foundation of Northern

California www.lfnc.org
Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education FORE.org


Osteoporosis Awareness Program- by Arthritis Foundation beabonebuilder.com


Spondylitis Association of America spondylitis.org


Sjgren’s Syndrome Foundation sjogrens.org


National Psoriasis Foundation psoriasis.org


Scleroderma Foundation scleroderma.org (SF area

Scleroderma Support Grp bayareasclero.org )


Life Elder Care, Inc. – serving homebound seniors in Fremont, Newark, and Union City, CA
Silver Sneakers Fitness Program is an innovative health, exercise and wellness program helping
older adults live healthy, active lifestyles.

Osteoporosis Risk Calculator – FORE
Osteoporosis Risk Calculator – FRAX

BackPainTest.org

Health Organizations/ Disease Information:

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
– National Institute of Health www.niams.nih.gov/hi/

MedlinePlus – U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health
www.medlineplus.gov
National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Chronic Disease Prevention
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/index.htm

Information/ Help Regarding Medicare Part D Drug Plans:

Medicare (24 hours) 1-800-633-4227 medicare.gov

Medicare Regional Office: 1-800-795-4690
Medicare Part D Information cms.hhs.gov/PrescriptionDrugCovGenIn mymedicarematters.org

Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) 1-800-434-0222

Medicare Part D Multilingual Telephone Counseling
National Alliance for Hispanic Health (Spanish): 1-866-783-2645

National Asian Pacific Center on Aging Help lines:
Chinese 1-800-582-4218, Korean 1-800-582-4259, Vietnamese 1-800-582-4336

Bursitis and Tendonitis
Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)
Dermatomyositis
Fibromyalgia
Giant Cell Arteritis
Gout
Granulomatous with Polyangitis (Wegener’s)
Lupus
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Psoriatic Arthritis
Raynaud’s Phenomenon
Reactive Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Scleroderma
Sjogren’s sydrome