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Lower back stiffness
Lower back stiffness is a symptom in which a person has stiffness in his back, somewhere below the level of the ribs but above the level of his butt. Stiffness is the sensation of tightness, so that it takes more effort or more strength to move that part of the body.
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A 53-year old female asked:
I have lower back stiffness ?
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A 45-year old asked:
What can cause lower back stiffness?
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A 30-year old female asked:
What causes left lower back stiffness?
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A 31-year old asked:
What can I use to relieve my lower back stiffness?
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A 42-year old asked:
I'm suffering from lower back stiffness. What can I take?
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A 33-year old asked:
What should I do for major lower back stiffness after biking?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Lower back stiffness?
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A 37-year old asked:
What coudl cause lower back stiffness and pain for over a year?
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A 44-year old asked:
I am experiencing lower back stiffness it's painful when I get up from the chair. What can I do myself?
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A 53-year old male asked:
Lower back stiffness due to arthritus, what can I do?
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A 36-year old asked:
What could cause chronic lower back stiffness symptoms in an 18 year old female?
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A 54-year old male asked:
I have lower back stiffness and little pain. I was doing with metal bar behind my neck and twiisting. What to do?
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A 33-year old asked:
What are treatments for lower back stiffness?
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A 42-year old asked:
I have lower back stiffness but only during sleep?
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A 44-year old asked:
What could cause knee and lower back stiffness/soreness?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I am experiencing lower back stiffness and burning sensation. If I walk, sit or laying down the pain is not going away. Right side, lower back. (Around kidneys)?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I've had a herniated disc (l5 s1) for over a year. Pt helped with sciatica but nothing has fixed the lower back stiffness/pain. What are my options?
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A 35-year old asked:
What does having leg pain, leg weakness, lower back stiffness, weightloss, and mental unclearity or confusion/spaciness mean?
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A 32-year old asked:
What over-the-counter meds are good for lower back stiffness due to mild arthritis?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Can't eat sugary foods, craving milk, cramping, missed period, lower back stiffness, headaches, mood swings, constantly tired, watery discharge?
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A 35-year old asked:
I'm just wondering, if youve had long term lower back ache stiffness, how do you treat it or manage it?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Have significant lower back pain/stiffness, especially when waking up. Exercise and stretch daily, but sit most of the day. Should i see a physiatrist?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Is running (preferably long distance) ok with lower back pain/stiffness (not during run, of course) in terms of core strengthening? Or should i just stick to alt. Back stretching & strengthening which seems like it might (slowly) be helping?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Lower back pain & stiffness started Wednesday & is occuring even after using Voltaren. Pain is radiating into pelvic & upper thigh area & I'm slightly gassy but that might be food related (had beans w/dinner tonight). Any ideas as to possible cause?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Neck strain and major neck/ear inflamation over 10 weeks ago but still trying to rehab neck and lower back from stiffness. Any advice on what not to do (run, bike, tennis etc.) just in case there is an underlying muscular-skeleton issue? Thanks
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have lower back pain & stiffness. but now the bone in my lower back aches. my mom has rheumatoid arthritis. could this be it? or something else?
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A 18-year old male asked:
I went down a Dr. Google rabbithole, and I was wondering if I could have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Symptoms include constant lower back pain/stiffness, chest/side/abdominal aches that come and go, and occasional shock-like pains in mid abdomen?
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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 22-year old female asked:
Sometimes I experience left lower back tightness or stiffness for a day or 2 then it goes away for long time?
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A 44-year old asked:
Lower back and joint stiffness? How often should I stand and stretch?>
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