My Arthritis vs ReFleks

My Arthritis is an app created to help people living with arthritis self-manage their condition and improve their overall health and wellbeing. It has been developed by Ampersand Health, in collaboration with leading specialists at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Charity Partners including ArthritisUK. Using the My Arthritis app, you can build a better understanding of your condition through engaging tools and practical resources, helping you stay on top of your symptoms and support a healthier, more fulfilling life. This app is designed to support those living with the following conditions: • Rheumatoid Arthritis • Psoriatic Arthritis • Gout • Reactive arthritis • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) • Lupus • Ankylosing Spondylitis • Osteoarthritis • Osteoporosis • Enteropathic Arthritis • Undifferentiated Arthritis • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus • Sjogren’s syndrome • Vasculitis • Scleroderma • Behcet’s syndrome • Sarcoidosis JOIN FOR FREE & GAIN SUPPORT IN THE SELF-MANAGEMENT OF YOUR CONDITION: Track your symptoms: Keep track of your symptoms, joint pain and flares so that you can discover patterns in your health and habits. Doing so will help you to prolong periods of remission and reduce instances of relapse. You can also track your diet, exercise, pain, sleep, mood and stress. Access free expert-led, inflammatory-specific courses: build better habits to help you along the way. Course topics include coping with chronic symptoms, medication adherence and improving sleep. Choose from bite-sized courses for a quick wellbeing boost or dive into month-long programs to develop lasting positive changes. Maintain your own personal health record: logging operations and tests to share with your clinical team. Set-up reminders for medications and appointments: to keep on top of what’s coming up next for you. Check out the newsfeed: for relevant and topical news relating to the arthritis community. Dive into the Library: to learn more about living with arthritis, explore treatment options and get practical tips, support and advice from Arthritis UK’s trusted health information. Message your hospital team: You can receive and send messages with your hospital team if your hospital is signed up! If your hospital is not yet signed up, let your clinical team know that you would like My Arthritis to be implemented in your hospital. MORE ABOUT OUR FREE EXPERT-LED COURSES Join inflammatory arthritis specific courses led by leading experts and consultants to boost your wellbeing and establish long-term lifestyle habits that will help you manage your symptoms better. All of our courses include a variety of videos, guided audio and expert advice, so that you can fully learn and benefit from them. OUR MESSAGE TO YOU: We know that living with arthritis can sometimes be difficult, lonely or tiring. It’s not always easy to manage symptoms during flare ups or know what steps to take to build a stronger wellbeing when you’re in remission. We’re a social-impact focused company, founded by patients and clinicians who are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of those with long-term inflammatory conditions. We believe that each individual deserves proper and accessible care to support their journey. We aim to provide you with practical tools and advice that can help you better track, manage and improve your health and wellbeing in the long-term. We hope that by joining our community, you gain more confidence in the self-management of your condition, alongside your regular clinical care. To find out more about Ampersand Health, visit us on our: Website: www.ampersandhealth.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/ampersandhealthfb Instagram: www.instagram.com/ampersand_health Twitter: www.twitter.com/myamphealth Have a question or feedback for us? Let us know by emailing us at info@ampersandhealth.co.uk and we would be happy to chat with you!

At ReFleks we are developing new treatments for Osteoarthritis. In the UK, 8 million people have osteoarthritis. It is a disabling disease caused by the breakdown of cartilage in the joint. One of the main causes of Osteoarthritis is a joint injury – but not everyone who has a joint injury will develop osteoarthritis. We want to understand why this is and who is most at risk. Then we can identify who will benefit from our treatments. A major problem in creating treatments for Osteoarthritis is that very few patients worsen within one year and therefore, showing benefit is very difficult and costly. At Bone & Joint Health we are starting a new study funded by the NIHR Barts BRC - the North East London Osteoarthritis (NELOA) study - which aims to identify markers to predict patient's prognosis. This can be done via blood tests, for instance. Such test would enable us to know who to treat and when, and to assess benefit in real time, without the need to wait years to see progression of joint damage. Our ReFleks App has been created together with Deep-C Vision and funded by the UKRI. You may have been invited to download this app if you have recently had a knee injury and have been invited to join our NELOA study.