The phrase "a crippling condition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a medical or psychological condition that severely limits a person's ability to function normally.
Example: "Living with a crippling condition can make everyday tasks feel overwhelming and exhausting."
Alternatives: "a debilitating condition" or "a disabling condition".
In 1965, at an early peak of his growing fame, Mr. Fleisher faced a crippling condition in his right hand, a mysterious malady that might have ended many a pianist's career.
Joining this list is Come As You Are (aka Hasta La Vista), a Belgian film inspired by an influential 2007 BBC documentary featuring Asta Philpot, the victim of a crippling condition called arthrogryposis, who discovers a Spanish brothel catering for people in wheelchairs.
The latter is a crippling condition, and it can be a dream-killer if you're not careful to cure it.
After all, panic disorder is a crippling condition associated with reduced quality of life and has formidable economic ramifications for patients, the health care system, and society as a whole.
Osteoporosis is a potentially crippling condition characterized by low Bone Mineral Density (BMD), micro architectural deterioration of bone tissue, and increased risk of fragility fracture.
While osteoporosis may be a potentially crippling condition, it can be identified early during the course of the disease and effective therapy can be administered.
In recent months, the long-simmering argument has erupted into an online brawl over the most humane way to handle an often crippling condition.
It never ceases to amaze me in seeing how "taking action" despite a lack of confidence, sense of dread or worry can be the magic antidote for an otherwise crippling condition.
Absent vitamin D in childhood, bone will not grow, resulting in a stunting and crippling condition called rickets, once epidemic in industrialized countries -- and the very reason why milk is now routinely vitamin D fortified.
Volkmann's ischemic contracture is a less common but crippling condition affecting the extremities.
In 2001 a Boston man turned to the late Cardinal Henry Newman to help him overcome a crippling spinal condition.
