Getting and staying asleep with arthritis is not an easy thing to achieve. On a bad night I can toss and turn hour after hour after hour. At some point I might find a comfortable position and think to myself, if I can stay like this I will be in something close to heaven. Then the ache begins and I know I will have to move, something. Except even moving hurts.
I have a bag filled with wheatgrass that goes in the microwave for a couple of minutes before bedtime. The bag then lies under the edge of my top pillow and I find the warmth in my shoulders a real comfort.
As I lie one thing I try to avoid is trapping any joints, especially wrists, fingers, knees etc. Yes, in fact any joint. I will, if I can, place one hand gently on the other, but a couple of inches down across the wrist. I find when I am on my side this means both hands can be very comfortable for some time.
Similarly I find mostly I lie one foot on top of the other, and similarly with the knees. As with the hands some nights these techniques work, on other nights nothing works.
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