thanks Ruth.... what's also beautiful about the Feldenkrais…

thanks Ruth.... what's also beautiful about the Feldenkrais method is that it can be done in the imagination. That way the risk of damaging the bones is nil, and you still get the benefit of connecting with the skeleton.
If you've heard of Joe Dispenza who healed his badly damaged spine through visualisation, Feldenkrais can also be like that for people with grievances like you.
Then, if you choose to actually do the movement your body is prepared, or familiar with what you intend so it won't be shocked... it will welcome the movement - which is excellent for rheumatoid arthritis. Not moving could only worsen the situation.
There are MANY studies now proving that movement 'cures' many ailments... and that movement does not have to be big - quite the opposite, the smaller more focussed you are on what's happening.. the faster the greater intelligence we call 'the body', responds.