I wear golf gloves on my hands when they are sore. it helps some, also have wrist braces and ankle braces that I can wear when it starts aching. I ice once or twice a day while watching TV. When it's really bad I use BioFreeze or CryoDerm. A hot shower makes everything hurt more so I get it just warm. I need a pedicure every month and have to keep reminding them not to rub my feet, just cut and paint. I found a massasge therapist that does feather touches which is very relaxing and she did a class on how to help the Lymphatic system. Also have someone who does Myofasial release and that helps sore spots. If all else fails I take a Tramadol or Lortab, but try to keep those to one or two a month.

My RA pain is my ankles, knees and hands but right now my thumbs hurt the worst. I can't grip and that kinda makes it hard to fo anything. Try putting on clothes with painful thumbs..... I walk like frankenstein with the ankles. I fully understand. Hope we both feel better tomorrow.

My complaint is more stiffness...and not pain in the joints. I tell the drs it's like tenderness between the joints that bothers me and fatigue....not the kind that goes away with a nap. He says it's because RA is a connective tissue disease...inflammation is not only in the joints...it's everywhere.

Sometimes it is an ache and stiff, and other times it is so excruciating it feels like someone is stabbing me in my joints and I can't move the affected joints . It keeps me from sleeping and wakes me up when I do sleep, other people don't understand how severe it gets

I have two distinct kinds of pain. The first is an ache that throbs in my hip joint, knees, ankles and feet. The second kind feels as if the bone was made of red hot iron. This happens in my pelvis and in my hands.