Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center

View a schedule of upcoming classes, leader trainings and meetings sponsored by the Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center

Programs Lists: Group exercises and Living a Healthy Life Programs

• To view a list of classes by course, location, and date click here.
  

• To view a list of NEMO RAC Leader Trainings by couse, location, and date click here.

• To view and print flyer for the Living a Healthy Life with Diabetes
  

Worksite Wellness Resources:

• Walk With Ease Program Books are available to Missouri residents for FREE. Walking is nature's pain manager. Research shows that walking is great for joints and also helps improve the health of heart, lungs, and bones. Click here to request a book and take steps to improve your health today. See blog below for more information. Contact the Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center at 660-626-2049 or email nemrac@atsu.edu.
  

• Arthritis Home Study: Got arthritis? Take steps to manage your health, reduce your symptoms and feel better.  Click here to borrow an Arthritis Toolkit. Employees learn and practice health management to feel better and do more!  Contact the Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center at 660-626-2049 or email nemrac@atsu.edu.

Take Step One to Better Health:

• We'd love to hear from you. Connect with Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center. We're about healthy living, whether you have arthritis or not. Join a group, order a home program, or volunteer! Complete the electronic form. Print it. Mail it to the Northeast RAC.

  Electronic form click here:  Take the first step!

  Programa interés - Dar el paso!

• Email it if you like. First type in the information, save it to your computer, then send as an attachment to: nemrac@atsu.edu.  Need help emailing? Contact moarthritis@gmail.com.

 

 

Walk Your Way to Good Health!

Walk With Ease is your guide to walking for better health, improved fitness, and less pain!

Walk With Ease is a workbook designed to help you manage your arthritis by developing a walking plan that fits your specific needs.  However, you do not have to have arthritis to benefit from the program.  It is beneficial for anyone who wants to make walking a daily habit, especially if you have diabetes, heart disease, or other ongoing health conditions.  Research shows that walking is great for your joints and also helps improve the health of your heart, lungs, and bones. 

Walk With Ease will help you:

• Walk safely and comfortably
• Create a fitness program tailor-made for you
• Improve your flexibility, strength, and stamina
• Fight the I-don't-want-to-exercise blues
• Follow simple warm-up and cool-down stretches
• Keep track of your progress with a walking diary
• Motivate yourself to finally get in great shape
• Reduce pain and feel great

The Walk With Ease book is available to Missouri residents for FREE.  Click here to request your book and improve your health today or contact the Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center at 660-626-2049 or email nemrac@atsu.edu.  Walk With Ease groups classes are available in some areas. 

Looking for Answers? Request an Arthritis Toolkit

You can request the Arthritis Toolkit online and have it delivered to your front door!

Arthritis cannot be cured, but you can take steps toward living a healthier, happier, more comfortable life.  The Arthritis Toolkit helps people with arthritis, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis learn how to manage problems caused by their condition, such as pain and fatigue.  You will design a program that fits your personal needs and works with your schedule.  You can successfully manage your health and reduce your symptoms.

When you request the toolkit, you will receive:

• The Arthritis Helpbook
• Relaxation and exercise CDs
• Information sheets that describe common problems along with helpful solutions
• Self-test that help you identify useful tools based on your personal needs
• Instructions for developing achievable Action Plans
• Illustrations of helpful exercises and hints for creating a personalized exercise program

The Arthritis Toolkit is available to Missouri residents on a loan basis for 6 weeks.  At the end of that time, explore other resources to help you maintain your success.  Click here to request an Arthritis Toolkit and take control of your health or contact the Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center at 660-626-2049 or nemrac@atsu.edu.

Also available Locally

You can also check out Arthritis Tool Kits from your local library or health department.  Find great tips, tools, and ideas to manage your chronic illness and live a healthier life! 

Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center Success Stories!

 

To read Joan's story, click here!

To read Kathy's story, click here!

What We Do

The Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center provides health education, programs, and information to community groups, organizations, classes, professionals, or individuals. It is one of seven regional centers established in Missouri by the Department of Health.

Counties served by the Northeast Center are: Clark, Lewis, Marion, Ralls, Scotland, Knox, Shelby, Schuyler, Adair, Macon, Putnam, Sullivan, Linn, Mercer, Grundy, and Livingston.

The programs are designed to promote optimal quality of life for people living with long-term conditions.

• Exercise programs - Arthritis Foundation exercise class listings are linked to our site.
• Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Disease  - The Stanford University Patient Education Research Center Program is for those with arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, asthma or other chronic conditions.
• Free arthritis education pamphlets are available for health fairs or other displays. Topics include: feeling better with exercise, disease facts, medications, managing fatigue, stress, or pain, nutrition, and protecting joints.
• Community education - Free health-related programs or displays for clubs, community organizations, religious groups, and health fairs.
• Volunteers: Leader Training for evidence-based courses: Arthritis Foundation Exercise and Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs. Ask about leadership opportunities.
• Lending Library - The NEMO RAC office has a limited collection of books, periodicals, and videos available.