I suffer from Crohn's disease, and joint pain is common when having a flare up of both Crohn's and UC. The reason for this is that both UC, Crohn's are auto-immune diseases, as is Arthritis ( the symptoms which you are experiencing). The good news is that when the flare up has passed, so too will the joint pain. I know because a flare up I had last year, the joint pain was dreadful, but as soon as my tummy started to recover the joint pain disappeared.
Good Luck :-)

Hi Alan,

I too get joint pain wrists / neck / knees and feet (especially on first getting out of bed). The pain has been accompanied by a lot of popping and cracking sounds from the joints. Before my colitis diagnosis - I put it down to old age at 34 years old!! :)
colitis is an inflammation of the colon - this inflammation can also be triggered elsewhere - such as in joints. It can also trigger inflammtion in the eyes - I get really bad stabbing pains in the eyes when I have a flare up of colitis. Anyhow - to cut a long story short - I use cod liver oil (CLO) - liquid is best (it doesn't taste that bad) as 1 teaspoon is equivalent to 5 large 1000mg capsules. I take 30ml of CLO a day it helps the colitis and my joints are now pain free and no cracking / clicking or popping!

Hope this helps!