Joel (aka ‘Joel vs Arthritis) is an Award-Winning Arthritis & Psoriasis Patient Advocate, Freelance Writer, Content Creator and Poet.



He writes candidly about life with chronic illness, pain, fatherhood and men's mental health to raise awareness and improve patient outcomes.

You can expect long-form content that documents the harsh realities of living with juvenile arthritis and the far broader and brutally honest life poetry for which Joel is known.

Joel operates a 'no filter' approach to his advocacy on social media, and you can expect the same from his writing, with Joel very much living by the famous Robert Frost quote, "no tears in the writer, no tears in the reader".

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Joel Nelson

Joel Nelson

Joel is an Award-Winning Arthritis & Psoriasis Patient Advocate, Freelance Writer and Poet. Writing candidly about life to raise awareness.