Bruised feeling but no visible bruising?

[Cerpin Taxt]

Something tells me this might be related to my hip impingement problems recently.

I did some squats yesterday, and not long afterwards I developed this "bruised" sensation on the upper front part of my thigh. I seems to be mostly contained to the skin or surface of the thigh -- I don't have a significant amount of muscle soreness. It seems to stretch from the inside all the way to the outside, basically along the line where the hem my boxer-briefs hang.

There is no visible sign of bruising, and I have no recollection of any injury to that area. I think it's gotta be something neural, and I guess I'm just wondering how concerned I really need to be about it. Some cursory googling seems to suggest symptoms like this can be related to fibromyalgia, but I don't have any history of anything like this.

I thought I had adjusted my squat stance to do away with the impingement pains I was experiencing, and for what it's worth, THIS new sensation is on the OTHER thigh from where my most severe hip pains were previously.

Anybody got any ideas?

 

[SociallyChallenged]

It's not neural. Nerve pain is very different from a typical soreness, unless you have a chronic condition. However, impingement can definitely lead to that "bruised" sensation. Impingement can be worsened by tight hip flexors. Have you been stretching those? You may not have to change your squat position if you can improve the length of those.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

It's not neural. Nerve pain is very different from a typical soreness, unless you have a chronic condition. However, impingement can definitely lead to that "bruised" sensation. Impingement can be worsened by tight hip flexors. Have you been stretching those? You may not have to change your squat position if you can improve the length of those.

Well, I was careful not to describe it as "soreness" in the sense of DOMS. I know what that feels like. My muscle doesn't really feel sore. Rather, it simply feels like my skin is extraordinarily sensitive to touch and pressure, and across a relatively narrow zone that arcs from my inside thigh to the outer.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Well, I was careful not to describe it as "soreness" in the sense of DOMS. I know what that feels like. My muscle doesn't really feel sore. Rather, it simply feels like my skin is extraordinarily sensitive to touch and pressure, and across a relatively narrow zone that arcs from my inside thigh to the outer.

I know what you mean. That's why I talked about it like bruising. I'd consider that a sort or soreness as well. I would've mentioned DOMS if I meant muscle soreness That skin tenderness is called hyperalgesia. It's excessive tenderness in the region directly adjacent to an injury. Skin tenderness is frequently included in that, even when the skin itself isn't damaged.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I know what you mean. That's why I talked about it like bruising. I'd consider that a sort or soreness as well. I would've mentioned DOMS if I meant muscle soreness That skin tenderness is called hyperalgesia. It's excessive tenderness in the region directly adjacent to an injury. Skin tenderness is frequently included in that, even when the skin itself isn't damaged.

Wow, really? Huh. I never would've thought I'd have surface skin sensitivity due to muscle injury. Nothing like that has ever happened to me before.

It is true that I have focused my stretching on the other hip that was injured a few weeks ago, and I've been neglecting the one on which I'm experiencing pain now. I guess that'll learn me...

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Wow, really? Huh. I never would've thought I'd have surface skin sensitivity due to muscle injury. Nothing like that has ever happened to me before.

It is true that I have focused my stretching on the other hip that was injured a few weeks ago, and I've been neglecting the one on which I'm experiencing pain now. I guess that'll learn me...

Always try to do things to both sides, unless only one is affected. Otherwise, imbalances can become pretty evident. Try that out and keep us posted. It should help.