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Unable to move joint
Limited joint mobility is a clinical finding in which a joint (which connects two bones) cannot be fully straightened or bent, often due to injury, infection, arthritis, nerve damage, or muscle weakness.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 30-year old female asked:
My ankle just keeps getting worse.. Swelling on outside bo, immobility, severe pain, poppin sensation. Burning pain and unable to move the ankle joint?
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A female asked:
I had a hip revision 6 months ago, I had an infection of the joint prior to it and now I am in escrutiayibg pain, unable to move at all..
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A 37-year old male asked:
Whole body hurts when cold especially my joints and shins. I also stay very sleepy all the time and have a hard time waking in the morning. I will wake up several times unable to move and fall back asleep. What could this be?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Lost my balance earlier today and almost immediately small toe became extremely swollen, entire toe and about 3/4 of an inch past the joint at the foot is bruised, unable to move toe and tip of toe feels tingly...any idea what is going on with my toe?
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A 40-year old asked:
How do joints help you move?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Hi my knee has pain when I twisted something move like my joint?
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A 40-year old asked:
What kind of joint allows the bones in your hand to move?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is there a joint pain that can move from one joint to another?
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A 21-year old female asked:
My joint its realy flexible but some times when i move it quickly i feel some sound With no pain is that indicates that i have problem with my joints?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I have a pain in my joints when i move it namely armpit, crotch, and feet. What is this?
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A 33-year old female asked about a 47-year old male:
My husband has constant severe joint pain. Sometimes it hurts to move or even get out of bed. What's going on?
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A 16-year old male asked:
My baby finger is bent at the last joint since i was a baby.Its bent inwards it looks dislocated but i can move it?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Recently I have been getting a weird sharp pain within my shoulder joint when I move it. It only happened 2 days ago after gym. What is this?
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A 16-year old female asked:
When I move my finger a part by the joint gives a sharp pain (when touched too) no visual injury. Pain is lessening. Why does it hurt? How do I heal?
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A 35-year old female asked:
I am going through a very severe leg pains, that move from joints to joints, with little swollen sometimes. I have been sitted in a place for days. Whats its cause and what is it?
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A 18-year old male asked:
About a month ago started going to the gym and now when waking up i would feel pain in my pinky finger when trying to move it , the pain is in the middle of the finger , the joint. ?
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A member asked:
I am a 48 yr old male, I have joint pain and swelling that last for 48 hours then moves to a new joint, it started a few weeks it seems to move to a joint and start with minor discomfort in the first 24 hours and then swells and is very painfull for 24 h
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A 30-year old asked:
How do I move a jaw joint back if it gets stuck?
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A female asked:
I need to understand why an ORS despite their specialty is unable to DX SI Joint Pain and why is a proper evaluation reserved for a Physiatrist?
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A 31-year old asked:
How to figure out why i can't move my lower thumb joint?
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A 38-year old asked:
Why does my knee joint sometimes lock up (doesn't move smoothly)?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Why did my arm crack really bad when i barely moved it? All my joints do that, its painful and what can I do to stop it from doing that?
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A 48-year old female asked:
I have ra, suddenly my ringfinger knuckles are invertet. No pain but moves in jumps. What causes this and is it likely to happen to all joints?
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A 63-year old female asked:
Months now, one finger only, hurts when I bend it. Swelling, pain above and below joint,hard to bend.No pain at all if I don't move it. Not broken.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Lately in the past couple of weeks I have had aches in the joints in both of my shoulders. At times when i move it backwards my right shoulder hurts?
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A 22-year old male asked:
When i press or move my left index finger i get pain in 'dip' joint on the underside though and slightly on sides of finger. No pain on top of finger?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I've been diagnosis with oa, but my joint pain moves from joint to joint. How can oa move around to different joints all the time? All tests 3+ years are neg
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A male asked:
What is wrong with my jaw? I am having pains in the joints of my jaw. I can still move it, but i can not close fully without severe pain. It makes a poping noise when i move it side to side.
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A 41-year old female asked:
I just had a series of rheumatoid blood work done, all tests. Everything came back within range. Im discouraged because my joints are swollen and I have excruciating in my joints. What should be my next move for diagnosis?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I am unable to bend my wrist inwards without feeling like the joint bone is popping out?
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