I’m 47, female and at a normal weight and exercise a few times a week. I have no health insurance (working as a temp) to get this looked at and have a dull pain in my quads every day (comes and goes throughout the day – haven’t figured out the trigger. It’s not a sore muscle. I wake up each day and have low back pain and my foot soles are very tender to walk on. Both go away once I am up and moving (about an hour and I forget about it). My hips feel like I have worked out really hard each morning, even if I take time off of working out. I have a dull ache in my quads that doesn’t seem to go away unless I use a heating pad. Elevating does not seem to help.

Gosh, I sound like a mess! I have been dealing with this for the last six months – I am not diabetic, and have always been in good health.

Because I don’t have health insurance and can’t afford to get this checked out – I need to figure out what I can do until I have insurance and can get some help. I’m not overweight. Ibuprofen doesn’t really do too much other than relieve headaches.

Any input would be very appreciated.
thank you!