I had acupuncture to support my IVF treatment. If I was having a bad flare, she would treat it (my hands can also be pretty bad), and I found the relief was pretty instantaneous, but it just wouldn't last all that long.

One thing you may want to look into - baltic amber. A lot of people (myself included) use them on babies as teething necklaces. There's a substance in the baltic amber that is absorbed into the skin and helps with the pain and inflammation from teething. I can state quite emphatically that it also works well on the pain and inflammation associated with arthritis. It hasn't fixed me, but it has taken the edge off.

BW