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stiffness

noun as in inflexibility

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“Getting started early on with light, modified mobility, using the appropriate bracing for support, minimizes stiffness and allows for a gradual return to full activity,” he says.

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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