Warm thoughts heading your way Sally!
Two thoughts came to mind reading your post... DO you have Fibromyalgia? For some cold causes the muscular pain to worsen. My mom lives under heating pads/electric blankets during winter. Second thought... could you be running a fever?? Even a low grade fever is enough to cause muscle and tendon pain in my arms and legs. Most of the time two ibuprofen gives me relief for about 6 hours. The SalonPas strips work well for my joints... it is a comforting feeling that at least gets me to sleep.
Hope you feel better soon....