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Ankle stiffness
Ankle stiffness is a symptom in which a person has some difficulty moving one or both ankles. Stiffness can be caused by injury, arthritis, infection, etc.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 44-year old asked:
how can I deal with ankle stiffness?
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A 46-year old asked:
Why do I have ankle stiffness in the morning?
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A 42-year old asked:
I'm wondering how to deal with ankle stiffness?
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A 41-year old asked:
Please help! I have ankle stiffness in the morning?
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A 47-year old asked:
Ankle stiffness diminishes with ankle circles, right?
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A 48-year old asked:
Why is it that my ankle stiffness diminishes when I run?
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A 43-year old asked:
What does it mean when the ankle stiffness diminishes when I run?
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A 38-year old asked:
How to deal with ankle stiffness on airplane?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Is swelling in front of ankle & stiffness when dorsiflex normal? Sprain occurred 10 wks ago. There's no pain but is def weaker then good side.
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A 50-year old female asked:
If debridement and bone spur removal is done and ankle stiffness isn't resolved is ankle fusion next step? Is it to slow/stop arthritic progression?
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A 29-year old asked:
What causes aching pains in my legs, shooting pains in my heel/ankle, stiffness that hurts in my shoulders and neck?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Hand and wrist. edema and pain with rest, foot and ankle pain and stiffness. with rest, puffy AM face, back pain and shoulder pain. any ideas?
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A 44-year old asked:
How to remove stiffness from ankle ?
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A 25-year old asked:
My right ankle has had mild stiffness and ache for 3 months. Any idea of the cause?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Stiffness in ankles, sharp burning pain in both ankle joints with activity, first felt this pain in August and still feel it today help?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Persistent stiffness in ankle and is mostly relieved by popping/cracking it (1-2x daily). History of OA in other joints. Possible OA here too?
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A 39-year old asked:
How can i get the stiffness and the soreness away of a sprained ankle?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Recovering from ankle fusion surgery but having some stiffness in my leg, is that normal?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have constant stiffness and pain in my left ankle. Mostly in the morning and after driving for more than an hour.
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A 24-year old female asked:
6 yrs ago broke ankle Dr said it may cause problems in future due 2 xtra bone growth I now have sharp throbbing pain & stiffness. Can this be a result?
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A 18-year old asked:
After spending 8-11 hours standing and walking on concrete floor working I get pain iin my feet and stiffness in my ankles what can I do to stop this?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I have chronic knee pain in both knees as well as stiffness; greater in the left. It sometimes is so severe that it hurts from my ankle to my pelvis.
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A 22-year old female asked:
Got an ankle fracture 7 months back and had a plate with screws, still have stiffness and immobility,will it be mobile properly after plate removal or?
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A member asked:
My son having spastic cerebal palsy,in day his muscles relaxes with physio of back/kee and ankle but at the very next morning he gets again stiffness.?
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A 56-year old male asked:
I recently developed severe pain, stiffness, and multiple locking fingers in both of my hands. Also, both feet and ankles often swell at night.
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A 41-year old female asked:
12 weeks of stable ankle fabula fracture bone completely heal som swelling and stiffness when to start normal walk how long does stiffness finish?
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A 34-year old asked:
What could be causing stiffness and pain mainly in the joints in the fingers and toes that is also affecting wrists, ankles, and knees?
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A 24-year old male asked:
How to reduce swelling and muscle stiffness near knee joints and ankle joints after removing cast after knee surgery?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Had red rash all over body.4 days I'm on 3 different anitihistamin.now joint stiffness,swelling feet,ankles,hands,wrist.what could this be?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Recent joint stiffness in hands feet and ankles. Temp btwn 99.3-99.9 for weeks. Family h/o RA. Blood work only shows elevated CRP ( 3x normal). RA?
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