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So I Have Psoriatic Arthritis And Towards The End Of The Day After All Of My Pain Medication Has Worn Off.

A MySpondylitisTeam Member asked a question 💭
Warsaw, VA

So I have psoriatic arthritis and towards the end of the day after all of my pain medication has worn off my hands and feet are always in horrible pain. one of the only ways to calm this pain is to pop my knuckles and pop my toes. as the pain gets worse and worse I can’t pop place knuckles anymore in my joints. Does anybody else have PsA or rheumatoid arthritis or any other chronic pain disease have to constantly pop their joints to calm the pain?I find that I have to pop my fingers and toes… read more

November 18, 2019
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A MySpondylitisTeam Member

I do biofeedback to help with the pain. It helps, but it takes time.

November 29, 2019
A MySpondylitisTeam Member

Biofeedback is when you use your mind to control the pain. Pain is in your head. If you can control that you can control the pain.

December 16, 2019
A MySpondylitisTeam Member

What is that?

December 15, 2019
A MySpondylitisTeam Member

My husband has arthritis in both his hands, broken them fighting when he was younger and stupid. He really suffers with them especially in the cold weather, he often cracks his knuckles and says that it eases the pain off for a while. I can't stand the noise it makes and have to go into the other room while he does it, makes me cringe.

November 21, 2019

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