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Increased muscle tone
Increased muscle tone is a clinical finding in which a person's muscles are more tight or stiff than usual.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 30-year old asked:
Why is increased muscle tone triggered by fever?
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A 25-year old female asked:
If a person has cervicothoracic hypermobility wouldn't manual release of the muscles be contraindicated because increased muscle tone is protective?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is rigor increased muscle tone triggered by a fever?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Would ALS cause increased muscle tone in the affected limb before atrophy begins?One arm is sore and that arm looks slightly bigger.Could this be ALS?
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A 31-year old asked:
How can you increase muscle tone?
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A 42-year old asked:
How best to gain good muscle and tone?
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A 30-year old asked:
How can I tone up and build muscle and strength?
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A 38-year old asked:
How could i build/tone muscle mass?
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A 39-year old asked:
What are ways to tone your muscles quickly?
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A 48-year old asked:
Does anyone have a baby with low muscle tone?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can you tell me how i could build muscle mass and tone?
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A 36-year old asked:
What are some effective exercises to tone stomach muscles?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Low muscle tone?
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A 45-year old asked:
What amount of calories should I be eating to tone muscles?
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A 41-year old asked:
How can I just tone my thigh muscles and not build it like kk?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is rock climbing an effective way to tone and build lean muscle?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can electrical muscle stimulation (ems) technology help tone up muscles?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I haver lose muscle tone in my shoulder and it hearts a little. What should I do?
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A 21-year old male asked:
What are good foods to eat if you are trying to reduce fat and enhance muscle tone?
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A 16-year old male asked:
If I stop doing push-ups every day will I lose muscle tone? I'm 16. I'm 5'5 and I weigh 122.5 pounds and I'm male
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A 20-year old male asked:
How can I increase my muscle tone the fastest. I'm a skinny frail guy and I would like to gain some muscle tone like the athletic type lean not bulky?
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A 20-year old male asked:
What recommended exercises and diets should one receive who has not worked out in a long time and wish to regain some muscle mass and tone the muscle?
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A 46-year old asked:
How can swimming tone my muscles?
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A 36-year old female asked:
What does abnormal muscle tone mean?
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A 47-year old asked:
What should someone do to build back muscle tone?
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A 36-year old asked:
I was born naturally skinny. How can I build muscle tone?
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A 30-year old asked:
What exercises can I do in my room to lose weight & tone muscles?
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A 35-year old asked:
Will lifting small weights tone your muscle faster with more reps?
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A 39-year old asked:
What do you recommend I do to tone/gain muscle while losing weight?
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A 35-year old male asked:
What are the best fruit and vegetable to give to a baby with muscle tone?
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