Back thigh muscles aching for no reason?

Question

So I woke up one day (yesterday morning) and got up, to find that for no reason whatsoever my back thigh muscles on both my legs, and nowhere else on my legs were aching as though I had been doing extreme exercise, which I wasn't. I hadn't been doing anything very strenuous before I went to bed but it feels like they have been punched and bruised almost, though there is no bruising. The pain is not consistent and is only present if I grab, push, or sit on them, or stretch them. It is a dull, achy pain. I also have the same kind of pain also like a bruise (but there is no bruise) on the right side of my hips, and I found that it is a place on my hip which I usually sleep on and now it is painful to sleep on it. Any ideas as to what this is and how I can get rid of it? It's been going on now for 2 days without any real improvement and I'd like to ask here before going to a doctor because doctors really scare me. Thanks.

Answer 1

There are a number of possibilities that could be causing this ranging from the kind of mattress you are sleeping on to the type of chair you are using when you sit.

The bruising sensation you feel can also be an indication of something like fibromyalgia.

The doctor will try to help you figure out what is going on by asking things like how long you sit every day and what kind of activities that you do that might be aggrivating the problem. They may also ask about injuries if you have had any because an injury even years after they heal can cause arthritis to set in in the areas of the joints and cause symptoms in the muscles.