"I am now enjoying physical activity that no doctor ever imagined I would be able to enjoy.” Ray Shoemake, CA

• Arthritis is the most widespread crippling disability in the United States today

• More than 41 million Americans have arthritis

• One million new patients develop arthritis each year

• 250,000 children have arthritis

• One in every three families is affected by arthritis

• Forty percent of the population over age 65 have arthritis

• More families in this country are affected by arthritis than by any other illness