morning stiffness
Waking body tightness
Morning stiffness is the achiness and reduced flexibility many people feel upon waking, before joints and muscles have loosened up.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts, where persistent morning stiffness lasting more than an hour may indicate rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory conditions: The doctor asked how long her morning stiffness typically lasts.
- painBodily or emotional distress
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- jointsSkeletal connection points
- creaky jointsNoisy skeletal connections
- limberingBecoming more flexible
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- arthritis symptomsjoint pain, joint swelling, swelling, crepitus, grinding
- arthritisarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, juvenile arthritis
- rheumatic diseasesrheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, polymyositis, gout
morning stiffnessease of movement
Unobstructed bodily motion
range of motion · agility · nimbleness · muscle relaxation · limberness