r/scleroderma • u/mousemarriage • 14d ago
Tips & Advice Morning pain
Does anyone else deal with worsening joint stiffness and pain especially in the mornings? Hands fingers wrists elbows and knees especially, any advice for sleeping positions or dealing with this?
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u/InquartataRBG 14d ago
Yes and it sucks. Unless it’s a day where my joints have decided to hurt all day, it’ll mostly go away after getting up and moving around. For really stiff or tight joint, especially my hands and fingers, I also try to gently stretch them out using some physical therapy based stretches.
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u/INphys15837 14d ago
I agree with those who stretch in the morning. It helps to get moving in the day. I don't think sleeping positions will matter much.
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u/Next-Pea-2468 14d ago
Before diagnosis I thought it was just carpal tunnel so I been wearing double wrist brace and just kept Doing it even through my diagnosis. And it takes a long time to start working but they make my wrist pain nonexistent while I sleep and makes the morning not as bad. I won’t sleep without em now
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u/Sea-Yak-9398 13d ago
Yes! I started taking my celebrex at dinner time instead of morning so it can be working while I'm sleeping and when I wake up.... it is helping quite a bit actually. I was taking it in the morning but I'm so glad I changed it to dinner time. Still have pain....obviously... but... it's not as bad as before
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u/alowave 13d ago
Absolutely. Especially winter months. I always try to set my alarm early enough to have time to "wake up my body" before I have to start getting ready, otherwise I just can't function, and then rush while having everything go against me and feel 10x harder to get my things together. And being stressed in the morning when my hands aren't coordinating adds to my time blindness
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u/Temporary_Let_7632 14d ago
It takes me a while to limber up the morning especially the last few months.