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stiffness

noun as in inflexibility

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In Parkinson's disease, this protein sticks together into toxic clumps that cause nerve cell death and leads to patients suffering from symptoms such as tremors, difficulties moving and muscle stiffness.

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Symptoms can include joint stiffness, muscle aches and pains, fever and headache.

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During this first stage, infected people can experience a fever, headache, extreme tiredness, joint stiffness, muscle aches and pains or swollen lymph nodes.

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Symptoms of Lyme disease can include joint stiffness, muscle aches and pains, fever and headache.

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Its clientele are generally either serious athletes, older adults and desk workers who struggle with stiffness and want to work on their mobility, or those healing injuries and other conditions.

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