Hand pain relief-help!

Tracy55

Hello all,

I was recently diagnosed with osteoarthritis. I work as a self employed domestic cleaner. aged 53, but feel more like 93 !

I am unable to work as I did a few years ago due to the pain in my hands. I wake up in the morning with horrible intense pain in hands mainly. My hip / elbow not as bad.

Can anyone advise me on how to help with the pain. My doctor has prescribed naproxen, but it doesn’t even touch the pain. Feel pretty useless when it flares up, which seems to be every day now.

PeterJ

Hello @Tracy55 and welcome to the community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that you will find that as well.

I understand that you have osteoarthritis, especially in your hands, and it causing you problems with work. I also understand that you are looking for advice regarding pain management. Our website is a good place to start as it contains a lot of useful information on arthritis, treatments and hints and tips. To help I've put a couple of links in below which might be of use.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/exercises-for-healthy-joints/exercises-for-the-fingers-hands-and-wrists/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/managing-your-pain/

Please do keep posting and let us know how you getting on and I am sure that others will connect with you to share their thoughts and experiences as well.

With very best wishes

Peter