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Leg stiffness
Leg stiffness is a clinical finding in which there is stiffness or decreased range of motion at a joint in the leg or there is leg muscle tightness. This can occur with exercise, injury, arthritis, infection, or immune system conditions.
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What can cure leg stiffness?
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What is involved in evaluating leg stiffness?
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A 48-year old asked:
What can cause chronic leg stiffness and pain?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Leg stiffness?
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A 43-year old asked:
What might cause leg stiffness and pain after a long drive?
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A 40-year old asked:
What can cause someone to have chronic leg stiffness and pain?
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A 41-year old asked:
What can I do for lower back and leg stiffness that will not go away?
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A 36-year old asked:
Does vascular disease cause leg stiffness?
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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 32-year old asked:
Why would someone be prescribed neurotin for nerve pain and leg stiffness?
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A 48-year old asked:
Can leg stiffness be a sign of a blood clot?
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A 32-year old asked:
Leg stiffness and possible leg cramps when lying lying down?
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A 47-year old asked:
How does Neurontin (gabapentin) help with leg stiffness/cramps?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Excuating pain in feet, right leg & stiffness in both wrists What could be the cause?
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A female asked about a 59-year old female:
Hello, i'm up really late worrying about my dad. It started with leg and hip pains, then turned into leg stiffness after inactivity now spread to arm?
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A 44-year old asked:
Lower leg stiffness persisting several months after arthroscopic knee surgery?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have a lot of cramping in my legs, stiffness, a lot of pain and my legs give out on me to so I have to use a walker. What could be causing this.
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A 26-year old female asked:
Would I need a second mri if my knee pain and leg stiffness does not respond to PT? I have morning stiffness that makes walking hard. I have to take diclofenac before I get out of bed. Neg blood test. PT is not helping posterior knee pain?
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A 57-year old female asked:
I have leg and arm pain pain finger numbness leg stiffness which affects my walking, and balance my fingers shake and i always feel tired ms?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Habe leg stiffness and pain had blood works spine brain MRI neuro test all clear afraid of ALS but doc said anxiety can it be caused by anx?
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A 21-year old male asked:
I habe constant leg stiffness nd paun did a lot of blood work and spine brain MRI all clear afraid of ALS doc says anxiety what are chanses 20 yrs?
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A 27-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms of ms? I have chronic intermittent low grade fever, fatigue, leg stiffness, joint aches , on both legs.
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A 55-year old male asked:
Unexplained pain in joints and right leg, Stiffness at times need to use a walker. Some days can walk ok.. Exhausted and have no energy. WBC 17.1 Monocutes (absolute) 1.3 Neutraphils 13.2 Creatinine o.69, Bun 22, Billirubin 1.6, alkaline phos 198?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I'm 23 and have been having burning pains in my lower back radiating down the front of my legs with stiffness for two years what is this ?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Can bad anxiety cause all kinds of pain such as 1 sided arm and leg pain stiffness & tingling etc! had lots tests all ok.Told its anxiety..
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A 25-year old male asked:
Pain in legs.Not stiffness.Gets better when walking.Very bad after sitting/sleeping.Always exercise.Cant exercise nowbecause of pain.Pain not in bones?
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A 24-year old male asked:
25 m,hypothroidism-12.5 mcg throx,earthquake feeling and throbbingin back of head,in legs sometimes,stiffness in neck , cracking sound in back of skul?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Mpv-12.1, eosinophils-0 , vit b12-287, vit d-27, all else in range. Symptoms are back/leg pain/stiffness, raynauds, back pain/stiffness, memory probs?
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A 62-year old female asked:
When I wake up, my hands are swollen, in extreme pain, and I can't bend my fingers. I shuffle my legs. Pain, stiffness and hard to bend knees.
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A 66-year old female asked:
I started problems with a slight tremor (not resting) in my left hand. i also started experiecing cognitive problems and severe depression. I often have pains in my legs and stiffness. My biggest concern is the difficulty to speak. Always tongue tied?
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