Membership costs €25.00 per calendar year, i.e. from January 1 to December 31. (Any cancellation (for the coming year) must be done before December 31).
Becoming a member has many benefits, for sharers, interested parties and professionals alike. The table below summarizes the benefits.
In most cases, your dues are recoverable from your health insurance. Please consult your policy conditions for this.
Membership benefits
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Access to public articles | ||
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General information about Tietze and costochondritis | ||
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Opportunity for internship supervision and knowledge deepening | ||
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Access to extensive (scientific) articles | ||
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Receipt of the information magazine | ||
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Contact with other members through closed Facebook group or WhatsApp | ||
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Information on medications, therapies, managing pain | ||
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National meetings at least twice a year | ||
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Participation in training courses |
Membership application form
Fields are optional unless otherwise stated. How we handle your personal data can be read in our privacy policy.
What is done with your contribution
- We establish and maintain contacts with rheumatologists, other physicians, professionals and patient umbrella groups
- We seek affiliation with various research projects for treatment protocols and medical diagnosis
- We publish the book ‘Learn to live with it’ about living with Tietze and/or costochondritis in e-book version and ensure further development of an information magazine about the syndrome
- We collaborate to establish an expert center where knowledge about the condition can be pooled and disseminated
- We organize regional and national Tietze sharing days
- We publish newsletters with latest developments
- We keep this association website updated with all available information for both the private and public sections
- We also distribute information through our facebook accounts
- We always keep looking for the latest information in the field of Tietze and hopefully a solution for all of us
- To keep the costs for our association as low as possible, as much correspondence as possible is done via email. If you object, or if you do not have internet or email address, correspondence by mail is also possible.
- We develop targeted training on learning to live with Tietze and costocondritis.
- We advocate for your interests with health insurance companies and other organizations
We do all of this as volunteers. The association has no paid employees.
