Why there is stiffness of joints after fracture?

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 8/16/2019

A person that has a fracture will usually have a cast for a few weeks. After the cast is taken off, the joints will feel stiff. This is because the muscles have not been moving as much as they did before the fracture. With therapy, the stiffness will go away.

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∙ 10y ago

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What skeletal disorder causes pain stiffness and swelling of joints?

Arthritis causes pain, stiffness and swelling of joints.

Is arthrosclerosis affects one or more joints?

Arthrosclerosis- Stiffness of the joints, especially in the elderly.

Stiffness of the joints?

Some sort of arthritis.

Stiffness of the joints especially in the aged?

Is an illness called arthritis.

What is Stiffness Of The Joints Exspecially In The Aged?

Rheumatoid arthritis

A disease which causes pain or stiffness in your skeletal joints is referred to as?

arthritis

What is foot arthritis?

Arthritis in the foot is an inflammation of the joints which cause stiffness and pain.

Is stiffness connected to low blood circulation?

It depends of the stiffness. If the morning stiffness in joints it is related to an autoimmune process. If you mean stiffness with numbness and tingling after you had a part of your body in an wear position, it is related to low blood flow to that part of the body

What is fracture disease?

a condition characterized by inappropriate pain which the side affects are tissue swelling and joint stiffness

Is it true or false that stiffness of the joints especially in the aged is known as atherosclerosis?

It's Arthrosclerosis

Where should you add extra padding when splinting a fracture?

To the joints and sensitive areas.

Where should extra padding be placed when splinting a fracture?

Joints and sensitive areas