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Joint tightness
Joint tightness is a clinical finding in which there is stiffness or decreased range of motion at a joint (which is where two bones meet). This can occur with injury, arthritis, infection, or immune system conditions.
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What is the definition or description of: Joint tightness?
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What causes tight joints in the knees?
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A 24-year old male asked:
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A 37-year old female asked:
Diagnosed w/systemic scleroderma. Have shiny, tight skin, joint pain, GI issues, GERD, muscle weakness, numbness in both hands&feet. Have costochondritis and it is very painful. Is costochondritis a chronic condition? Is it a result of scleroderma?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Diagnosed w/ systemic scleroderma. Have shiny tight skin, joint pain, shortness of breath, GERD, muscle weakness, numbness & tingling in my hands & feet for one month. Numbness goes up to elbow sometimes. Does this mean there's nerve damage?
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A 19-year old female asked:
What does it mean if I have joint noises of the spine when turning my body? muscles feel tight also.
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A 45-year old male asked:
My hands feel tight but don't look swollen for about 3 weeks. I have occasional mild joint pain. I am a 45 yr old male.
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A 43-year old female asked:
What are things that would make your knee slip out of place? I have been having clunking in the knee joint. I was told my hamstring is tight?
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A 21-year old male asked:
A lot of shoulder tightness and slight pain (not muscle) after lifting. Full range of motion without more pain but the joint pops easily. Worry?
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A 40-year old male asked:
What may be the cause? Unable to completely lift pinky finger without pain and tightness in the knuckle joint between the pinky and ringer finger. Makes these signs uncomfortable to do. This one and that one
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A 26-year old male asked:
My shoulders bothering me. When I lift my arm a little burning pain in the 'corner' of my joint. Neck and upper chest feel tight. Surfing a lot.
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I've had a fever for 2 days, a cough, tightness in chest, achy joints, coughing up sputum and it's difficult to breathe deep.should I see a Dr?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Always crack the joint at my kneecap to relieve tension because it feels tight. Sometimes it cracks involuntarily when I walk. Will it injured my knee?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I fell and fractured my thumb and some bones in my palm when I was 21. Now at the 32, I have constant pain in my thumb, can't straighten it completely and when I try to there is a tight stretching feeling, and have developed a knot over the thumb joint.
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I have joint ache head ache neck tightness and jaw cram. It seems like i'm having worse pain on my right side. Should i see a doctor?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have really tight hamstrings so been streaching lots and lots can this lead to unsable hip joint now hearing bone noises when moving leg sometimes?
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A 63-year old female asked:
thumb keeps turning purple right above the first joint and is sore and tight feeling when I bend it. It comes and goes, is it a broken blood vessel?
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