Rheumatology

Caring for Your Joints, Muscles and Bones

You might have minor aches and pains or a chronic condition of the joints, muscles and bones. At Sanford Health, rheumatology specialists will see you for all of the above.

Rheumatology involves arthritis and more than 100 related diseases. They can cause pain, stiffness and swelling in your joints. They also can cause pain in other parts of your body. Your treatment can involve your doctor and a team of specialists.

Common conditions our rheumatology specialists treat include:

• Arthritis
• Rheumatism
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Behcet's disease
• Dermatomyositis
• Gout and pseudogout
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Lupus (SLE)
• Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
• Osteoporosis
• Reiter's syndrome
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Scleroderma
• Temporal arthritis
• Vasculitis
• Wegener's granulomatosis