If joint pain is caused by an inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis systemic treatment is needed to stop inflammation that can lead to joint damage or destruction. Use of heat such as applying heating pads to aching joints taking hot baths or showers or immersing painful joints in warm paraffin wax can help relieve pain temporarily be careful not to burn yourself use heating pads for no more than 20 minutes at a time. Aches are a common symptom especially in your muscles and joints if lyme disease goes untreated it can cause neuromuscular and joint conditions such as arthritis and facial paralysis. Joint pain is defined as experiencing discomfort around one or more of your joints according to the us national library of medicine while general pain is a common signal you may also have