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Hip stiffness
Hip stiffness is a clinical finding in which the hip joint (which connects the legs to the torso and are located near the groin) or the muscles that control the joint are stiff resulting in either pain, decreased range of motion, or both.
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Hip stiffness?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can I attribute my recent back and hip stiffness to my fall?
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A 33-year old asked:
How to treat hip stiffness and pain?
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A 47-year old asked:
Hip stiffness and pain from prolonged bedrest?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it normal for one leg that's longer than the other to cause hip stiffness?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I am experiencing hip pain, difficulty walking, limited hip movement and bone pain. The following also describe me: Unable to bear weight and Hip stiffness. Im in soccer and cannot bear any weight on my left leg, its mostly in my bone. Cause?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can being on my period be the cause of my excessive back and hip stiffness?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can hip stiffness be a symptom of developmental hip dysplasia?
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A 39-year old asked:
How to treat cold sensation in hip leg and foot hip stiffness?
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A 46-year old female asked:
7 months post hip arthroscopy. Thigh soreness remains and outer hip stiffness esp after activity. What's going on?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Is neck OA like hip OA? When I walk a lot, my hip stiffness eases. What exercise can I do to improve neck/upper back tightness?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Hematospermia, joint pains hips stiffness foot and finger ache are symptom of what?
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A 32-year old female asked:
One day ago, I noticed burning skin sensation right below my buttock on thigh. I took off my jeans and pain dissipated within an hour. Problem returned today but better now that pants are off. Some hip stiffness and quad pain occasionally. ?
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A 69-year old female asked:
Wogging (walk a little jog a little) causes a little miner hip joint discomfort for the rest of the day but the next morning, my hip joints are back to normal. Is the hip joint stiffness a sign that I am building bone mass density or am I damaging it?
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A 23-year old female asked:
While in labor i had severe hip pain and stiffness.It has been a month since my delivery, and the pain and stiffness is still there. What couuld it be?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I took a hot bath to help my hip to knee stiffness. It improved, but enlarged my bakers cyst and caused more pain. How can I improve both besides taking diclofenac?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Hip popping, pain, stiffness, limping, radiating to knee, burning & difficulty walking.Could this be a torn labrum? What should I do until i see ortho
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A female asked about a 71-year old male:
My dad had subluxation in lumbar on x-ray. He has hip pain ans stiffness at times but also thigh pain. Related?
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A 16-year old male asked:
I am experiencing knee pain and knee pop. The following also describe me: Aches, Hip pain, and Knee stiffness. What should I do?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Why do I have extreme joint pains and stiffness in hips, lower back, elbows, knees and feet? R.A. has been ruled out. My x- rays come back fine.
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A 35-year old female asked:
Have lupus.Get on/off bad muscle pain/stiffness(legs, hips, back,arms) x1 month.My rheum said c3, c4 normal.OTC meds dont help.Do I have to live w/it?
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A 38-year old asked:
60 yo woman, recent hip replacements, now increasing low back stiffness. How to help?
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A 44-year old asked:
I have weakness and stiffness all over. I wake with hip pain. Also i feel a bit uncoordinated and unable to concentrate.?
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A 42-year old female asked:
5 years ago, i had 2 rods and 4 screws put in my back at l-5, s-1. If I am now having pain and stiffness in that area and all the way across my back, from hip bone to hip bone, what could be causing it?
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A 36-year old asked:
What usually causes stiffness around the hip?
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A 62-year old female asked:
I have oa in my hip. Mobic (meloxicam) is not controlling stiffness and pain all day. Would 7.5 twice a day be better than 15 mg to keep med in system longer?
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A 42-year old asked:
What are the causes of stiffness around the hip joint?
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A 49-year old asked:
Is stiffness and ache normal for a person who was implanted with a hip device?
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A 20-year old female asked:
4 yrs ago i was in a wreck dr took xrays of my hip nothing was broken yet i still get horrible pain leg stiffness, and sometimes can't walk what is it?
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A 36-year old female asked:
I have a severe stiffness in my hips and back and unable to stand straight when I get up. My doc says it's my mind. How can I be sure?
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