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Quick Tips: Modifying Your Home and Work Area When You Have Arthritis

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Getting Started

The pain and stiffness from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis may make it hard for you to do daily tasks, like opening doors or using a keyboard. Here are some tips and some tools that can help you at home and at work.

At home

Here are some changes you can make in your home that can help you move more easily and with less pain.

You can find some of these devices and tools online, in medical supply stores and catalogs, and in local retail and home improvement stores. An occupational therapist can help you make these and other changes to your home.

If you have health insurance, it may help you pay for some of these changes. If you have trouble affording the changes you need, talk to your doctor. They may be able to refer you to programs that can help.

At work

Here are some changes you can make in your work area that can help you move more easily and with less pain.

An occupational therapist can help you make these and other changes to your work area.


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Current as of: July 17, 2023

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