Question 1

what conditions causes people to have a stiff legged gait?

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Many: Metabolic, neurological , orthopedic , etc.  see your doc

Question 2

what are the causes of join stiffness and pain?

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Inflammation: Joint stillness and pain are caused by inflammation.

Question 3

sudden stiffness and heaveynes in left part of body

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Symptoms on 1 side: Anytime symptoms are involving 1 whole side of the body (particularly numbness or weakness), a neurological evaluation is warranted (and urgently - if not emergently). Stroke must be ruled out before other diagnoses can be entertained.

Question 4

i have neck stiffness what do i do?

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Heat, exercise: If you have a fever over 102º and neck is very stiff, see doc at once; you may have meningitis. If temp is normal, apply moist heat to neck & shoulders; gently exercise the neck in all directions; massage may help relax muscles; osteopathic manipulation can relax muscles & correct spinal "lesions". Use nsaids (advil/motrin/etc if stomach tolerates them & you're not on a blood thinner) for pain.

Question 5

how to remove stiffness from ankle ?

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Arthritis: Most like you have some arthritis to joint or past trauma. Physical therapy should help with NSAID if painful.

Question 6

what causes joint stiffness?

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Good question: Inflammatory arthritis is often though of first, but even poor sleep can cause morning stiffness.

Question 7

what can be done for morning stiffness?

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Etiology : Morning stiffness can be done to a variety of causes from arthritis, fibromyalgia, connective tissue diseases, pmr, etc. The point is that there can be a variety of causes and you need an evaluation.

Question 8

when will stiffness after liposuction go?

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What do you mean?: If the "stiffness" is firmness under the skin where you had liposuction, it depends upon type (laser?).   Usually the firmness is actually induration from the normal healing response.  This can last for 8-12 weeks.  If you had laser it will last up to 6 months.

Question 9

what causes the pain, swelling, and stiffness?

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Inflammation: Pain, swelling, redness, warmness to feel and loss of function are classical signs of inflammation.

Question 10

what to do about really bad back cracking/stiffness/pain?

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Many Possibilities: Depending on how long it's been going on, i would consider an evaluation by a spine specialist.  Sometimes it could be a muscle imbalance, early onset arthritis or scoliosis.  Also could be a pinched nerve/herniated disc.  Either way it might be good to figure it out and get appropriate treatment.

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