The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 28

4C THE CHILLIWACK PROGRESS, Wednesday, June 22, 1977 Treatment clinic opens Saturday CARS symbol of hope comes to Chilliwack patient with crippling deformities, stiffness of joints and weakened muscles. Physiotherapists can relieve pain using hot packs, short wave diathermy, wax baths and massage. They may use active exercise to increase the range of movement of joints and to strengthen muscles. Bedridden patients are helped to learn increased independence in their daily activities. Simple everyday functions that we take for It is the opinion of Dr.

Walter Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic, that therapy plays a major part in preventing disability from arthritis. Physiotherapy is a specialized facet of rehabilitative medicine and it takes many years of training. Dr. Alvarez admits that in many cases there is little a doctor can do for a person who has suffered chronically with a severe form of arthritis. The active disease may have burnt itself out, leaving the By Lorraine Hooker On Saturday the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society will reach a milestone in Chilliwack, when it opens its new treatment clinic in the Zen building on Yale Road East.

The official opening will take place at 10:30 a.m. at 206-31 Yale Road East. The clinic will serve the community from Greendale to Lillooet. Arthritis is not a single disease. There are from 80 to 100 different kinds.

The term, "arthritis," is applied to many differnet disorders which cause pain, swelling and stiffness in and around the joints. The various forms differer widely in probable cause, severity, the degree of disability which may result and the type of treatment required. It is not a disease of the old, as was once believed. It affects all ages, from infancy to old age. Of all the great cripplers of man, arthritis is the most universal (Continued on Page 5) and it strikes one out of every five Canadian families.

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is known as a systemic disease because it affects the whole system. Why it strikes certain people remains unknown. It shows itself by pain, redness, swelling, stiffness in joints. These conditions are more noticeable in the morning. These symptoms are rather commonplace and widespread complaints, and, in the absence of noticeable swelling, may not indicate RA.

Only your doctor can diagnose arthritis and, as with every disease, early diagnosis is the most effective weapon in fighting back. Joints of hands and feet are most usually affected but it can occur in any joint. It can start gradually or with a sudden severe attack. The disease usually remains a long time but one can have periods of freedom from pain. The aim of therapy is to ease the pain, get the muscles in shape Ferguson's for Children HERB AND PEARL WARE SUMMER CLEARANCE Couple celebrates 50th anniversary again so that they are functional, and to educate the patient about his disease and how best to cope with it.

Research is continually going on in many countries in an effort to find a cure. So far, it has been learned that arthritis is not directly caused by drafts, cold, dampness or changes in weather; nor by excesses or deficiencies of vitamins or any dietary element such as oils, fats, sugars or acids; nor by faulty absorption or elimination of substances from the bowels or by excess acid or alkali in the system; nor by infection in teeth, tonsils, gall bladder, appendix or other organs. All these conditons are popular myths that have been capitalized on by people insensitive to the miseries of arthritis but impassioned by the making of fortunes. It has been found that RA affects women five times more frequently than men. A relation between German measles and arthritis exists.

A person, after having German measles is normally immune, but the second time contact is made, arthritis could develop. Six years ago an American research team found signs that indicated RA may be due to a slow acting virus or a disturbance of the body's normal immunity mechanism so that a person becomes dangerously allergic to his own tissue, or a combination of both of these. Research has proved that arthritis can be controlled through drugs, notably the cheapest form of aspirin in doses up to 18 or more a day. There is an increased understanding of the "self-perpetuating inflammatory processes that characterize RA, new insight into how drugs work in inflamed arthritic joints, and successful surgical developments that replace hips, knees and finger joints. Osteoarthritis (OA) is normally less crippling than RA.

It is caused by the degeneration of the cartilage of the joints, and occurs where there is the greatest wear and tear over the years. Because it is associated with age, most sufferers are in the 50 and over, group. Degenerative changes can occur much earlier in life and should not be ignored because corrective treatment may prevent a worsening of the condition. OA can occur in one joint or more. The cartilage becomes worn and thin, develops pits and cracks.

As erosion progresses you get a bone-on-bone grating. The ligament becomes slack, joints unstable. The longer the condition is left, the greater the damage. Nerve endings become compressed or stretched causing pain. As in RA, the muscle comes to the rescue of the painful joint and, in its attempt to protect the joint, aggravates the condition.

Once again, early diagnosis and preventative treatment is the best weapon against the disease. Gout, unlike other forms of arthritis, can be totally controlled through modern drugs and diet. It is a disorder of the body's chemistry marked by abnormal levels of Uric acid in the blood and formation of uric crystals in the joints. Gout is more prevalent in men than women and rarely appears before age 40. The Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society was founded 28 years ago by Mary Pack who dedicated most of her life to helping arthritics.

The society now stretches across Canada and, in B.C. alone, has treated more than 50,000 arthritics. Early treatment prevents disability in 80 per cent of patients. Each year B.C. doctors, who have seen the results of CARS treatments, have referred thousands of patients to the various clinics.

The facilities of the CARS Centre of Vancouver are available to all B.C. residents upon referral of their doctor or local therapist. The CARS team approach to treatment includes a rheumatologist. physiotherapist, occupational therapist, nurse, social worker and, where indicated, a surgeon. Together, these specially trained people decide on an individual program of treatment which will bring the patient to fullest possible capabilities.

There is one very important factor to the success the patient will attain that is, the full co-operation of the patient. On June 11 their daughter and son-in-law, Doris and Hugh Milliken, hosted a reception at their New Westminster home for the anniversary couple. On June 14 Mr. and Mrs. Ware were guests of honor at an open house and lawn party with friends from the Chilliwack area.

About 48 people attended that event. Mr. and Mrs. Ware have three children, Doris of New Westminster, Gordon of Prince George and Charles of Salmon Arm. Friends and relatives were on hand last week as Herb and Pearl Ware of Chilliwack celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Mr. and Mrs. Ware were married on June 15, 1927 in Saskatchewan and spent the first 13 years of their married life in that province. They moved to British Columbia and resided in New Westminster until 1953. Since then they lived in Prince George and Sorrento, before retiring in Chilliwack about four years ago.

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President, Mr. P. A. Dawes welcomed Mrs. Evelyn Olson, Provincial President of the Senior Citizens' Association, as special guest.

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Bach officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Friesen, Chilliwack. The groom is the son of Mrs.

Edith Dick, Chilliwack. The bride wore a gown of white marquisette with pink flocked flowers and ruffled neckline and hem. Maid of honor was Debbie Donnelly. Don Whitehead was best man. Usherettes were Julie and Angela Friesen, sisters of the bride.

The reception was held in the bride's home following the ceremony. Mr. P. K. Friesen proposed the.

toast to the bride and Dale Friesen acted as master of ceremonies. Following a honeymoon camping trip in the Okanagan, the couple will reside in Chilliwack. PATRICIA AND GORDEN YOUNG (nee Patricia Hyden) Frank Neufeld photo FASHIONS UAAMER CLEARANCE Hyden-Young A double ring ceremony united Patricia Hyden and Gorden Kenneth Young in marriage at the Carman United Church June 11. Reverend Bob Gorrie officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr.

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David Young, the groom's brother, was groomsman. A reception followed at the Thurston Room of the Canadian Forces Base with Bill Martin acting as master of ceremonies. The toast to the bride was proposed by Cyril Mason. Special grace was said by John Rennie. Out of town guests attended Prince George, Kelowna and Vancouver.

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