Support group details
- Group Name
- Ankylosing Spondylitis Group of Queensland
- Website
- asaustralia.org/qld
- Group Description
- To support people, including their family and friends, who have Ankylosing Spondylitis through an informative newsletter filled with exercises, group activities & related articles. We get together socially as a group to have fun & it gives everyone a change to talk to people experiencing living with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- Who can Join
- partners, families, friends & the wider community
- Contact hours
- Hydrotherapy Tues 6:30pm - 7:30pm with physiotherapist - phone for cost
- Where we meet
- Hydrotherapy Pool, Level 2, Ned Hanlon Building, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Butterfield St
- Town/Suburb
- Herston
- Postcode
- 4006
- Services
- Also called Bechterew's disease. Phone support. Newsletters. Fact sheets. Seminars. Social outings. Educational workshops.
- More Info
- Supporting people living with AS (a painful progressive inflammatory arthritis) by: Encouraging each person to take responsibility for their health. Facilitating the provision of exercise programs, classes & educational workshops. Providing opportunities to meet socially. Encouraging research into the cause, management & prevention of AS. The AS Group is run by volunteers.
- Group Focus
- Support through social events & exercise for Ankylosing Spondylitis & encouraging research into the cause, management & prevention of AS.
- Area serviced
- Brisbane North
- Phone contact
- Contact the group by email