Understanding Muscle Stiffness in Older Adults: Causes & Solutions

Question
Hello

I am 63 years old. I have a problem with muscle stifness. I do stretching exercises every day, but when I go to bed, wake up the next day, the stifness has returned.

I tried to look on the internet for any information as to why muscles get stiff when we get older, but I could find no information.

Do you know what causes this stifness?

Thank you for your time.

Answer
Hi Naomi,
Muscle stiffness can be caused by many different things. At your age i would look to athritic diseases, possibly some connective or autoimmune diseases or things like thyroid disease. Since this is such a vague complaint, I would recommend an evaluation from a healthcare provider to better ferret out a cause.