Morning Stiffness

Affects: Joints · Musculoskeletal

Mild

Severity

Chronic

Duration

Joints

Body Part

Musculoskeletal

📖What is Morning Stiffness?

Morning stiffness is a feeling of tightness, reduced flexibility, or difficulty moving joints upon waking, which typically improves with movement over minutes to hours. It commonly affects the hands, knees, or spine and is a hallmark symptom of inflammatory joint conditions when it lasts longer than 30 minutes. Brief, mild stiffness that resolves quickly is common and often not concerning.

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