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Muscle rigidity
Muscle rigidity is a clinical finding where one or more muscle groups is tight and lacks the full range of motion.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
14 year experience in family medicine
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What is the treatment for muscle rigidity?
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My dr said the prescribing of muscle relaxants for rigidity will have side effects worse than the rigidity and only for intense spasm. Is this true?
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Difference between spasticity and rigidity?
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If you have hyperthermia, muscular rigidity and metabolic acidosis and the only med you are on is an SSRI, is this a problem of medications?
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