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I experience pain and stiffness where my arms and shoulders meet. is there anything i can do to reduce this? what could be causing it?

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Muscle spasms : You can be having muscle spasms and aches from a viral infection since you also have coughing fever and headaches if you have superficial muscle spasms, you can be helped usually by massage or hot packs.

Answered 4/7/2013

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