Upper leg stiffness

Maybe this is just because I'm getting older, but for the past couple of months, I've developed a lot of stiffness in my upper legs. My muscles seem very tight there, too, and the stiffness is almost always after I've done some walking for a while.

Last night, I had a dream that I needed a hip replacement! I woke up, and my legs were so achy.

If you get leg pain, is it generally in your lower legs/feet (as mine had been and still is at times), or do you feel stiffness in your upper legs, almost to the hip area? Or, maybe you have pain and achiness in both areas?

Going for the heating pad now.......

I definitely have trigger points in the hips and legs , thankfully i can usually release them...

The tensor fasciae was locking at the top of the thigh and i found instruction on using a ball to roll between the leg and a table edge, which loosened it up..

I used to have to depend on therapy appts to get the trigger points released but thank goodness i can go much less now...

I read recenly that if its hip pain on the inside of the leg it may be from the joint , but that hip pain on the outside is often trigger point pain..

Hope you have better dreams tonight