Heat helps relieve muscle tension and stimulates blood circulation. Applying a warm compress or covering yourself with a warm blanket before getting up in the morning can help your joints feel comfortable.
When you warm a painful joint, the heat dilates blood vessels, allowing more blood, oxygen, and nutrients to be delivered to the tissues.
Applying heat with a salt bag for 30 minutes, twice a day will help improve stiffness.
One version of hot therapy is a paraffin bath - completely covering the hands or feet with melted paraffin wax.
Paraffin is melted to a specified temperature of about 47 - 65 degrees Celsius and left to warm, then dipped into the hands, wrists and fingers, forming a coating.
Next, wrap your paraffin-coated hands and wrists in a small towel and warm them up, which can help relieve some of the pain and stiffness caused by high uric acid.
You should use paraffin therapy for your hands early in the morning, but should not use it when the joints are inflamed.
In addition to applying heat to the areas that need treatment, you can also warm your entire body by taking a warm bath or swimming in a hot pool.
