Why are my buttocks and legs sore?

Buttock pain does not occur often, but because we need to sit for a long time, it is possible to cause pressure on the buttocks, resulting in abnormal symptoms, which is normal. However, some people cannot determine the cause when they experience soreness in both the buttocks and legs. So, what’s causing the soreness in your butt and legs? Let’s take a closer look at the reasons.

What's wrong with my sore butt and legs ?

It is more likely to be caused by lumbar muscle strain, and it is also directly related to catching a cold.

Symptoms of lumbar muscle strain

Clinical manifestations

1. Soreness or distension in the waist, local tingling or burning pain.

2. It gets worse when you are tired and gets better when you rest; it gets better with proper exercise and frequent changes of body position, but gets worse with excessive activity.

3. Unable to persist in bending over while working. They are often forced to stretch their waist or hit their waist with fists from time to time to relieve the pain.

4. There are tender points in the lower back, mostly in the sacrospinal muscle, the posterior part of the iliac spine, the insertion point of the sacrospinal muscle behind the sacrum, or the transverse process of the lumbar vertebra.

5. There is usually no abnormality in the appearance and movement of the waist, and there is no obvious lumbar muscle spasm. A few patients have slightly restricted waist movement.

prevention

1. Prevent dampness, cold and chill

Don't sleep in a damp place. Add clothes at any time according to climate changes. After sweating or raining, change wet clothes or dry your body in time.

2. Acute lumbar sprain

Active treatment should be sought and people should rest assured to prevent the disease from becoming chronic.

3. During sports or strenuous activities

Do some warm-up exercises.

4. Correct bad working posture

Such as bending over for too long, or leaning over a desk that is too low. Change your posture after sitting still for an hour. At the same time, you can use a cushion with a protrusion on the waist to relieve pressure on the waist, which helps to avoid lumbar muscle strain. When carrying heavy objects, bend your chest and waist slightly forward, bend your hips and knees slightly, take steady steps, and don't take large steps.

5. Prevent overwork

The waist is the center of human movement. If it is overworked, it will inevitably cause injury and low back pain. Therefore, pay attention to working and resting in all kinds of work or labor.

6. Use a hard cushioned bed

A mattress that is too soft cannot maintain the normal physiological curvature of the spine, so it is best to add a 10 cm thick cushion on the wooden board.

7. Pay attention to weight loss

Control your weight. Being too fat will inevitably bring extra burden to the waist, especially for middle-aged people and women after childbirth, as this is a period when it is easy to gain weight. Therefore, you should control your diet and increase exercise.