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Rheumatoid arthritis very stiff and painful in the mornings. is anything i can do to ease & loosen up?

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Control the disease: Severe morning stiffness is usually a symptoms of disease that is not well controlled. Are you seeing a rheumatologist? The treatment is better control on the underlying inflammation.

Answered 3/28/2013

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