sore sitting muscles

[darkoshi]

For over 4 months now, I've had an odd ailment.

My legs (only the bottom side of the upper thighs) and my butt have been feeling sore/achy/stiff/strained. Sometimes I feel the nerves tingling. Not the top of the thighs, not my calves, nor any other part of my body. Only the parts of my body that I sit on.

In the beginning, the soreness was worse lower down towards the knee - sitting in a car with the front edge of the seat pushing against the bottom of my thigh felt very uncomfortable. Now it is worse higher up near the butt joint.

The soreness is fairly symmetric in both legs, but not completely so. The left leg is stiffer than the right. During the last 4 months, the level of soreness has fluctuated, but has never gone completely away.

It may well be caused by sitting too much. It feels worst when sitting. But I don't understand why I've never had this problem before now. For the past 20 years, I've sat just as much. Maybe it is just old age, and I've passed some tipping point.

At least with how I've got my 2 monitors set up at work, when it gets too unbearable sitting down now, I can alternate between standing and sitting.

Have any of you heard of anyone else with similar symptoms? I've read about things like Piriformis Syndrome, but as my issue is in both legs, it seems different.

During my leave, I may try to find myself a primary care doctor. If so, I'll ask them about it. But so far, it doesn't seem worth going to a doctor for.

Comments

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

I have something similar but I know the cause: tons of serious bike riding and resulting stiffness/soreness/lack of flexibility. For me, tons of stretching and foam roller work helps. I don't think yours is the same cause, but maybe stretching might help.

[darkoshi]

I generally do leg & back stretches several times a day. For a while I tried doing less, as I read that if something is strained, stretching can make it take longer to heal. But that didn't seem to help any, so I'm back to my normal stretching, though I'm trying to keep it gentle so as not to strain anything worse.

I haven't used a foam roller before; that might be worth trying.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Hrm. That's the only suggestion I have.
Well, that and how much aging sucks, but we both already know that.