# Help with Pain **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 4, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920 "2013-06-04T02:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wanda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/wanda/32/883_2.png) [@Wanda](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Wanda)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/1 "2013-06-04T02:01:09Z")
It has been a while since my last post..I am currently experiencing a flare up...very painful, my fingers, hips and feet feel like bone against bone when I move. Question..how do ya'll deal with the pain??? Any suggestions are welcomed ---
**Author:** ![nym](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/nym/32/65_2.png) [@nym](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/nym)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/2 "2013-06-04T02:44:49Z")
Hi Wanda! So sorry to hear you're in a flare.I hope things improve for you soon! I apply heat to the affected area. Hot showers or baths help me a greatly. Tramadol. Balancing rest and movement. Massage and acupuncture when I can. ---
**Author:** ![james\_h](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/james_h/32/1279_2.png) [@james\_h](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/james_h)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/3 "2013-06-04T02:47:21Z")
i just wait it out. not much you can do. ---
**Author:** ![Wanda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/wanda/32/883_2.png) [@Wanda](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Wanda)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/4 "2013-06-04T18:46:25Z")
Thanks for the feed back > Hi Wanda! So sorry to hear you're in a flare.I hope things improve for you soon! > > I apply heat to the affected area. Hot showers or baths help me a greatly. Tramadol. Balancing rest and movement. Massage and acupuncture when I can. ---
**Author:** ![Cheryl\_CLR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/cheryl_clr/32/6160_2.png) [@Cheryl\_CLR](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Cheryl_CLR)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/5 "2013-06-04T22:06:47Z")
Muscle relaxers like flexorel and Alleve. Or Volteran gel if I have taken an NSAID. Sleep med so I can get some restorative sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Cissy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/cissy/32/1286_2.png) [@Cissy](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Cissy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/6 "2013-06-04T23:05:25Z")
Hi Wanda I'm so sorry you are hurting! I'm in a flare too. I've found that if you wrap your fingers with the kind of ace bandage that sticks to itself the compression helps alot. I just cut it to about 5 inches long and wrap which ever finger is swollen. My hips hurt a lot too, but I haven't figured out how to wrap them yet...lol... I have found if I go to gym and use the elliptical once I get past the OMG this hurts feeling the pain is much better the rest of the day as long as I don't sit for too long in any one period of time. Shoes should be tight enough for compression, but not so tight you are getting that bone on bone feeling. I had to go to a larger size of shoe. Also my Dr gave me arch supports to put in my shoes. They seem to help some. If you have one, or access to one, a hot tub is a wonderful help. For me the hardest part is getting out of bed in the morning in the first place. If I didn't have kids I might be tempted to call in sick to work, but since I have to get up anyway... Also have your anti inflammatory and water beside the bed. Take as soon as you wake. Sometimes I think that it doesn't help at all, but if I miss a dose I am sooo much worse. Just hang in there and see your Dr about meds. ---
**Author:** ![Stoney](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/stoney/32/5959_2.png) [@Stoney](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Stoney)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/7 "2013-06-05T00:53:42Z")
With Cissy's idea of compression, I have also purchased Flent's finger sleeves ([http://www.amazon.com/Finger-Sleeves-Assorted-Sizes/dp/B000NLQ6J0](http://www.amazon.com/Finger-Sleeves-Assorted-Sizes/dp/B000NLQ6J0)) They are very helpful. If it's my whole hand, I have gloves that I use for compression as well, and I ice. ---
**Author:** ![Wanda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/wanda/32/883_2.png) [@Wanda](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Wanda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/8 "2013-06-05T01:25:57Z")
Cissy said: > Hi Wanda I'm so sorry you are hurting! > > I'm in a flare too. I've found that if you wrap your fingers with the kind of ace bandage that sticks to itself the compression helps alot. I just cut it to about 5 inches long and wrap which ever finger is swollen. My hips hurt a lot too, but I haven't figured out how to wrap them yet...lol... I have found if I go to gym and use the elliptical once I get past the OMG this hurts feeling the pain is much better the rest of the day as long as I don't sit for too long in any one period of time. Shoes should be tight enough for compression, but not so tight you are getting that bone on bone feeling. I had to go to a larger size of shoe. Also my Dr gave me arch supports to put in my shoes. They seem to help some. If you have one, or access to one, a hot tub is a wonderful help. > > For me the hardest part is getting out of bed in the morning in the first place. If I didn't have kids I might be tempted to call in sick to work, but since I have to get up anyway... > > Also have your anti inflammatory and water beside the bed. Take as soon as you wake. Sometimes I think that it doesn't help at all, but if I miss a dose I am sooo much worse. > > Just hang in there and see your Dr about meds. ---
**Author:** ![Wanda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/wanda/32/883_2.png) [@Wanda](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Wanda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/help-with-pain/1920/9 "2013-06-05T01:27:04Z")
Thanks so very much!! My husband thinks it is weird, but I ask him to "massage/squeeze" my fingers...it helps..my hips have just started to hurt, my left one is the worst. I take Celebrex as soon as I wake up!! Thanks again!! Wanda said: > Cissy said: > > > Hi Wanda I'm so sorry you are hurting! > > > > I'm in a flare too. I've found that if you wrap your fingers with the kind of ace bandage that sticks to itself the compression helps alot. I just cut it to about 5 inches long and wrap which ever finger is swollen. My hips hurt a lot too, but I haven't figured out how to wrap them yet...lol... I have found if I go to gym and use the elliptical once I get past the OMG this hurts feeling the pain is much better the rest of the day as long as I don't sit for too long in any one period of time. Shoes should be tight enough for compression, but not so tight you are getting that bone on bone feeling. I had to go to a larger size of shoe. Also my Dr gave me arch supports to put in my shoes. They seem to help some. If you have one, or access to one, a hot tub is a wonderful help. > > > > For me the hardest part is getting out of bed in the morning in the first place. If I didn't have kids I might be tempted to call in sick to work, but since I have to get up anyway... > > > > Also have your anti inflammatory and water beside the bed. Take as soon as you wake. Sometimes I think that it doesn't help at all, but if I miss a dose I am sooo much worse. > > > > Just hang in there and see your Dr about meds.