stiffness
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But by increasing blood flow, reducing muscle stiffness and increasing serotonin, a hard massage can take on “some components of travel fatigue,” Katzenback said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
His lawsuit alleged that this impacted upon a ski holiday, as well as his exercise regime as "attempts at strenuous athletic activity would cause significant exacerbations of pain and stiffness".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
As dopamine levels decline, people may experience symptoms such as tremors, muscle stiffness, slowed movement, and difficulty maintaining balance.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Many people living with arthritis struggle with pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility that can significantly affect daily life.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
He saw her hands then, the awk-ward way she held them, the raw red scars, the stiffness of the last two fingers on her left.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Increasingly it was more difficult to fight the aches and stiffnesses which tried to keep her in bed in the morning—not that they ever succeeded.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
And I felt very sorry for Carette, and did not wonder so much now at the little stiffnesses of manner I had noticed in her the last time we met.
From Carette of Sark by Oxenham, John
He seems to have loved the very stiffnesses of the form in which he worked.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
It blows fogs, foul vapours, joint- stiffnesses, agues, pestilences, over us here,—yes, here!
From The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 4 by Meredith, George
And the muslins and blue ribbons will be wonderful filmy creations, as different from the Early Victorian stiffnesses as anything you can possibly imagine.
From Betty Trevor by Prout, Victor
