What Causes Severe Morning Stiffness?

Severe morning stiffness can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'troubling' to 'serious'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose severe morning stiffness, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "severe morning stiffness" as a symptom. Here are three possibilities:

Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia
Poor Musculoskeletal Health
Low Testosterone

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

shoulder tightness

joint pain/swelling/stiffness

frequent difficulty falling asleep

short-term memory failure

hot flashes during & after period

an average-stress lifestyle

very angry/hostile disposition

frequent swollen inguinal nodes

multiple swollen axillary nodes

severe vision disturbances

herniated disc(s)

severely tight muscles

... and more than 40 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of severe morning stiffness:

Cause	Probability	Status
Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia	90%	Confirm
Low Testosterone	20%	Unlikely
Poor Musculoskeletal Health	0%	Ruled out

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

If you indicate chronic morning stiffness, The Analyst™ will ask further questions including this one:

How severe is your morning stiffness in terms of pain and inability to move?

Possible responses:

→ I don't have morning stiffness / don't know
→ It's no problem - slight discomfort without pain
→ Mild stiffness - not too difficult to get moving
→ Moderate stiffness - it takes effort to get moving
→ Severe stiffness - I feel like I really can't move

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate morning stiffness without pain, mild morning stiffness, moderate morning stiffness or severe morning stiffness, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Chronic Fatigue / Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Low Male Testosterone Level

Poor Musculoskeletal Health

Severe morning stiffness can be caused by a variety of factors such as sleeping in a bad position or in a cold/damp environment. Chronic morning stiffness is often caused by arthritis, which is a condition of poor musculoskeletal health.

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