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Immobility
Immobility is a clinical finding in which a person is unable to move. This can occur due to injury or disease of the muscles, bones, or nerve cells (including in the brain or spine).
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
14 year experience in family medicine
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A 29-year old asked:
How can I lose weight if I am currently immobile?
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A 27-year old asked:
If a child was kept immobile at a certain age could this have an effect on their motor functions down the road?
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A 35-year old asked:
I need to know what's an arm injury that would leave the arm immobile?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is novacaine what doctors give you when you get an epidural or any other procedure that you have to be immobile for?
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A 16-year old male asked about a 16-year old male:
The hard immobile residual node has not grown - been a week on my collarbone. What after 2-4 weeks it is still there with no change. What would I do?
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A 49-year old asked:
Why is foot swollen after 6 weeks immobile?
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A 31-year old asked:
What is a good product to use for a stroke victim's leg immobility?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the name of the type of pneumonia caused by immobility in hospital?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can you please suggest treatment for gum abscess on 7 year old, immobile front tooth?
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A 30-year old asked:
Whether immobility will cause problems often depends on weight?
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A 23-year old asked:
How long is a person typically immobile after getting a double knee replacement?
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A 71-year old asked:
How long does it take to get over the immobility side-effect of Haldol (haloperidol)?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Small sore smooth bump on left testicle pain fades as days go on. Mild pain only when I press on it or touch it firmly . Bump is hard and immobile?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I have a sperm count of 28 million and 50% of my sperms are immobile,is it healthy to ejaculate everyday or should decrease frequency of intercourse?
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A 24-year old asked:
If a child was kept Immobile, as in some cases of child abuse, would they miss out on a vital stage in muscle development and have poor motor function/coordination?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the link between immobility and the complications of duchenne muscular dystrophy?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have occasional anterior knee pain on inside of my patella. My knee also feels stiff and sometimes dull deep pain when immobile. (20 yr old runner)?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Anxiety! been sick lots+tapered myself off Ativan, (lorazepam)was in bed resting lots over past 2 months.Could that cause a leg clot or is it mainly immobility?
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A 46-year old asked:
How can I restore Hand Mobility? A stroke victim I know is suffering from immobility in his hands, and asked if I knew of any product he could use to regain the use of his hands. Is there anything out there that could possibly help?
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A 25-year old female asked:
My c-section scar is fairly immobile; w/ uncomfortable pulling when I move quickly. Is there any research regarding fascial rammifications of this sx?
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A 22-year old female asked:
What causes shoulder pain and finger numbness? The pain is really bad and my arm is almost immobile.
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A 41-year old female asked:
41 y/o female. new enlarging bony lump on the front of my right shin bone just below my knee. painless. no trauma. immobile. first noticed few mos ago?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I drove for 7 hrs this past weekend could that cause dvt... How long do u have to be immobile? I have a cramp in my l calf, what are the sypts of dvt
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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 21-year old female asked:
I have a rock hard, painless, immobile bump on the lower left side of my head about two inches from my ear(maybe on or by mastoid bone) had it 5 mont?
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A 37-year old asked:
How can immobility after a fracture harm my joint?
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A 53-year old female asked:
My 74 year old Father has stage four SCLC metastic to multiple areas of the brain. He didn't call for help until he was immobile. Doc says 2 months?
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A 21-year old female asked:
If you only feel warm sports/burning like sensation in legs when lying down/sitiing/immobile how likely is it a blood clot rather than RLS?
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A 53-year old female asked:
How long will my 74 year old father live with SCLC metastic to brain with immobility set in before he called for help? Doing 15 radiations
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A 18-year old female asked:
Inflammation in right knee joint, maybe at the depression at articulating lateral condyle oftibia and head of fibula. Pain and immobility. Remedies?
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