stiff legs after hospital waits?

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• Kindly Curious10.13Reply

  OP wrote: Should’ve just stood by the door instead – probably, though it’s easy to say that after the fact when the chairs are packed and there’s nowhere to go. I get something similar after my commute, not from running, just from sitting still close to 90 minutes each way, and by the time I’m off the train my legs feel almost exactly like what you’re describing, more fallen-asleep than sore, so

• honeyoatmeal10.13Reply

  2 hours trapped in those chairs would stiffen anyone up, running or not. My commute runs about 90 minutes each way and by the time I get home my legs feel locked up in that same pins and needles way, no running involved at all. Yesterday I sat through almost the whole ride without being able to shift around much and had to stand in the kitchen for a few minutes before it eased off.

• → honeyoatmealFreshFaceFriendAuthor10.13Reply

  honeyoatmeal said no running involved and that’s exactly it, I don’t think the run has anything to do with it either. Sat with my dad in a waiting room for almost 3 hours last week before his checkup and my legs went completely numb and tingly by the time they called us back, same pins and needles thing you’re describing, and I hadn’t even walked much before that.

• MossyMornings10.13Reply

  Same after my 3hr move today, legs locked up!

• ClearDays10.13Reply

  Waited 3 hours at the DMV last month and my legs went just as stiff, had nothing to do with whether I’d exercised earlier that day!

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