joint pain.....

My joints hurt from deep inside. And I can get relief by forcing the joint backwards slightly. For example, when my knees are bothering me, I extend my leg and my DH will push down on the kneecap while pulling up on my ankle. The immediate relief is astounding. Of course, it comes right back, but for a few seconds it is gone! Strange but true! I often say that I need a chamber to squeeze all my joints at the same time (like they use on divers). That would be heaven!

 My joints are tender to the touch. I always have some swelling around my knees. The deep pain is better now with the Arava and low dose pred but, they are still tender to the touch.

                                                               Babs

My joints hurt deep inside. I can usually see the inflammation, too. My rhuemy can feel the inflammation at the times it is not visible to me. Like last week, I had just had my full dose mtx injection, taken Relafen, plaquenil, and 5mg prednisone for the past month and she could still feel the inflammation. Hence the med changes.

As I look back, I wonder if I should have "lost it" sooner to get to a more aggressive treatment? I had been on the meds described for about a year and a half. The only time I had relief was if I was on at least 5 mg of prednisone and then that stopped working, too.

Do you think we should all expect more aggressiveness in our treatment plans?

My joint pain is tender to touch and deep...
sometimes when my grandkids hold my hand, like to cross the street..... it hurts...