Maria,
It does progress differently for everyone, unfortunately this is one of the issues with finding a cure.
Here is a list that might help you.
Some proven things, that I hope will help get you some relief:
1) Ask your Rheumatologist about possibly prescribing a muscle relaxer for the pain vs pain meds;
2) Try, if you can, to take a warm bath with Epsom salts and or lavender to relax and reduce swelling or stiffness in your body;
3) Afterwards, try massaging in either Arnicare or lavender cream to reduce the pain as
both penetrate the muscles and tissues to relieve pain;
4) Drink plenty of water, all day, add in a couple of glasses of Pedialyte;
5) Take a Magnesium supplement;
6) Use Dragon Numbing Gel, in the bottle vs tube, on sore areas;
7) Excercises such as yoga, tai chi, walking, modified bed and/or chair excercise that stretch muscles;
8) Mindful and/or guided meditations, pay attention to your breathing, it should be deep and slow;
9) Rolling a bottle (I use a Caro Syrup bottle) or cold coke can back and forth, under your feet can gently stretch those tendons and muscles and tissues to relieve pain.
10) A lot of members find success switching their diets, the Mediterranean diet  works best for me.
11) Ice packs and/or heat packs.
12) Compression gloves and compression socks.
13) Applying icey hot to your forehead, be careful of your eyes, followed by hot coffee or hot tea to relieve headaches.
14) Papaya Enzyme for upset
stomach!
I hope this helps.
Have a Great Week!

Hi Maria. I believe the RA is active in multiple sites so any of them could hurt at any given time. I have daily pain in my neck lower back and my wrists and hands every day. It is that more of them are hurting for you. Could be the weather or you overdid it or because it just hurts. Hope you feel better

Sending hugs