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Muscle tenderness
Muscle tenderness is a clinical finding where the affected muscle may be red and swollen. Pressure over the tender muscle causes pain.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 42-year old asked:
Tension in my neck, could it cause muscle tenderness?
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A 32-year old asked:
Feel tension in my neck, could this be just muscle tenderness or something more serious?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Treatment of calf muscle tenderness after alcohol withdrawl?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Both sides but mainly right Iliac crest pain, muscle tenderness in side of quad, no injury, hurts like crazy to sit, makes me dizzy?
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A 25-year old female asked about a 45-year old female:
My mother complains of severe pain in her ankle along with calf muscle tenderness past 5 hours what may be the reason?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Head is sore on right side but its not a headache the it goes down in to my neck where the muscle is tender and very sore.
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A 17-year old male asked:
Side effects of colchicine such muscle weakness, tenderness, sharp pains, tiredness. After discontinuation, how long before they go away?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Taking crestor (rosuvastatin) 4 about 3 years now, no side affects, now all of the sudden i feel muscle pain and tenderness can side affects start after years of use?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Low haemoglobin, muscle weakness, bone tenderness and pain in joints when stressed or folded. What is the cause and what test should I do to analyse?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Low haemoglobin, muscle weakness, bone tenderness and pain in joints when stressed or folded. Should I do some test before going to a rheumatologist?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Woke up today with a stiff neck from below ear downwards, feel unwell and lump on sternocleidomastoid muscle. My neck really tender hurts to touch?
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A 46-year old male asked:
Experiencing leg pain with exertion, leg tenderness and muscle spasms. ER doc said it was an issue with my Sartorious muscle and gave pain meds and Flexeril. Doesn't seem to be helping.
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A 54-year old female asked:
Left mid back when pressed hard feel sort of a tender swollen spot, no pain in back or side, could this be a muscle, very nervous!
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A 51-year old female asked about a 48-year old male:
My husband c/o pain left side, mostly tender especially when he coughs. Says it's not toward his back but on his side. ?? Pulled muscle??? Or what?
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A 52-year old female asked:
The center of my chest (diaphragm area) is very tender to the touch. No other obvious symptoms. Can you overwork muscle or connective tissue there?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Why do my muscles feel lumpy and tender? Especially in my thighs and underarms
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A 49-year old male asked:
What could be reason for pain & tenderness in various muscles?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Can withdrawal from co codamol cause muscles to become physically tender and sore ?
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A female asked:
Does tenderness of the paraspinal muscles near the shoulders indicate a neurological dysfunction?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Muscles tender to touch. Was on Presidone for 2 weeks for Bell's palsy. Could it be from bell's or Presidone?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Extremely still painful trapezius muscles, and neck, headache and tender to touch around crown of head. Possible causes?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I have a knot(grape size) on the back of my neck (under skin between muscles) , it moves right to left as i turn my neck, tender to push on, any idea?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have 2 superficial dog scratches on my arm from morning, tonight i'm noticing tenderness in the muscle that the dog scratched, could it be infected?
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A 30-year old female asked:
A palpable mass on the left posterior lumber region lateral to erector spinae muscle fr 2 yrs, which is non tender, non growing measuring 1.5".What's it?
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A 41-year old male asked:
My wife noticed a soft lump, ~1.5 inches, on my left upper back on my latissimus dorsi muscle. She felt it, cant see it, while rubbing back & made a remark thinking it was a muscle knot - but it doesnt feel tender or hurt. Should I get it checked?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I have had really bad stomache pain n tender all over my stomache. Whenever i lay down or anything that tightens my muscles?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Just about 2" above the navel I have a tender spot almost feels like its in my muscle, no injury/pull had it for months, just started hurting???
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A 25-year old female asked:
Why would severe tenderness (like 10 on 1-10 pain scale) due to injury of the soleus muscle not show up on the mri?
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A 48-year old female asked:
My calf started with feeling like a pulled muscle and now it's getting swollen and tender.. Should I go to the emergency room?
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A 21-year old male asked:
My sternocleidomastoid muscle on the right side of my neck is enlarged. Feels a bit stiff. No tenderness or pain. Noticeable larger than left side. ?
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