Feel stiff and sore after sitting??

How come when I'm standing/walking I can feel pretty good - and then I sit down - and when I get up I'm so stiff and sore - back/legs/hips???

Is anybody else like that?

What is happening when I sit that makes me sore/stiff upon standing?

Is it to do with circulation?

Maybe I should just stand up all day.

I'm not as bad in the morning for some reason - laying doesn't stiffen me up as much as sitting.

Maybe Astro can explain it. Yoohoo Astro ?

I HATE that!! I'm usually stiffest in the evenings. I was thinking my stiffness has to do with toxins in the muscles as when I'm detoxing heavily, I'm not usually as stiff. Any takers on this thought?

Sore from Lyme disease..really? hu, that's funny...........

On a good day, I'm just less sore.

Here's my short answer to your question:

Getting sore from sitting is not that uncommon even for the general population.

BUT add what lyme does to the muscles, the toxin build up, and the lack of a correct balance of bio-chemical circulation (the ATP process), and limies get sore quicker and for extended duration.

So you have to help the circulation. I just picked up some Hawthorne to see if it helps with this. Think of lyme muscles like a plugged toilet, that needs a plunger to get stuff moving. This is done by putting pressure on the "plugged up" muscle fiber that is aching. A lot of pressure.

I suggest all lymies with muscle pain to get some balls! Various small sized sports balls that is. A golf ball, lacrosse ball, tennis ball, 2" and 4" Whamoo super balls. This my pain relief arsenal, along with a Thera-Cane for my shoulders and upper back.

There are numerous short muscles on the front outside edge of each hip- and on the sides. Then there are the large front quad thigh muscles that turn into tendons at the front hinge point of the front upper thigh and hip. These are shortened when sitting for long periods. Without lyme these will stretch back when standing. With lyme, low thyroid, or some mineral dificencies, these muscles/tendons want to stay stuck in the short positions. When standing this will make your but stick out and shoulders forward, hurting your lower back in some cases.

So poke around HARD with thumbs on these muscles I mentioned, you will find some hurt. You will probably have to lay chest down on the floor with a hard LaCross ball in these areas to feel it. When it hurts, you lay there for up to 20 seconds, it will hurt. You you back off the pressure, the blood flows again delivering new nutrients and pain dissolves - this is the "plunger" effect happening. And your muscles will then get out of the stuck painfull short position. Then if your into stretching (anther topic altogether) you will actually finally be able to now stretch these, before it was impossible. Its not magic, but it helps.

This is bar far not a one time deal, I do this almost everyday on some muscles. I have partially corrected my lyme induced scoliosis by carfully putting pressure on certain muscles with a Therea-Cane (years though). Loose muscles let the skeletal structure line up the way its intended to do. Chiropractic alone cannot accomplish this, since it does NOT address tight uneven muscles and tendons.

It takes time to figure it out, but you can do it.

So go to a sporting goods store and get yourself some balls!