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Arthritis Foundation and Saint John’s Sponsor Community Education Event

SANTA MONICA, CA, Dec. 9, 2013 — The Arthritis Foundation and Saint John’s Health Center have combined efforts to provide a free community lecture Living with Arthritis in 2014 – Resolution for Success! with functional strength testing. The program will be presented on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Santa Monica Public Library Multipurpose Room.

From 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., functional strength tests will be performed by physical therapists from Saint John’s Performance Therapy, who will assess strength and answer questions. At 12 p.m., Benjamin Butts, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, physical therapist and assistant director of Saint John’s Performance Therapy, will explain “Physical Ability and Function in Arthritis.†From 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., Kevin Ehrhart, MD, orthopedic surgeon from the Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group at Saint John’s will discuss “Strategies for Successfully Managing Arthritis†and answer questions.

The Santa Monica Public Library is located at 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401. Parking is available for $1/hour in the structure entered off of 7th Street (between Santa Monica Boulevard and Arizona Avenue).

Educational funding for this program was provided by Stryker. This program is not sponsored by the Santa Monica Public Library.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. to the Arthritis Foundation at (800) 954-2873. Walk-ins are welcome. Healthy refreshments will be served.

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About Saint John’s
Since its founding in 1942 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Saint John’s Health Center has been providing the patients and families of Santa Monica, West Los Angeles and ocean communities with breakthrough medicine and inspired healing. Saint John’s provides a spectrum of treatment and diagnostic services with distinguished areas of excellence in cancer care, spine, orthopedics, women’s health, cardiac care and specialized programs such as the internationally acclaimed John Wayne Cancer Institute. Saint John’s is dedicated to bringing to the community the most innovative advances in medicine and technology. For more information, visit www.newstjohns.org, like us at www.facebook.com/NewSaintJohns or follow us at www.twitter.com/SaintJohns2.

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