you ask it to move.
The body doesn’t suddenly betray you. It sends a pattern of small alarms first.
The first alarm is the stiffness that steals your morning
When arthritis starts tightening its grip, the first thing people notice is the dead, wooden feeling in the joints after rest. Hands won’t open fast. Knees feel like they’ve been packed with wet cement overnight.
Think of a door hinge left outside in salt air for years. It still moves, but every swing takes more force, and every swing grinds a