- Therapy support groups have specific therapeutic goals such as benefiting the patient with better coping skills or relaxation methods.
- Peer groups offer the benefit of sharing or pooling personal experiences and information with other arthritis patients.
- Some support groups provide beneficial education about specific types of arthritis and traditional or new treatments.
- Support groups that help each patient handle the physical and emotional effects of arthritis offer improved daily mobility and mental health benefits.
- Support groups operating online or in arthritis-specific chat rooms offer easy access benefits to patients with common goals.
- Typically patients find arthritis support groups by inquiring with Arthritis Foundation chapters, area hospitals and local doctors.
