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Muscle stiffness can be caused by a lot different things. It is a very common problem. It can be caused by neurological disorders, lack of available energy, lack of excercise, excess body fat, excess inflammation, medications, and poor nutrition.

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When our muscles don't come in work they do not burn lipids to produce energy.So our body can't burn lipids to produce energy .so we feel our body not functioning very good due to less energy .This malfunction of our voluntary muscles is known as stiffness.

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