Bill,

I realized the with working out with free weights and using apartame products, I would get sharp muscle aches like you are describing. Specifically, I was drinking 3 or 4 glasses of Crystal Lite, which contains apartame, and I stopped by accident ( my wife forgot to pick it up several shopping visits in a row ) The aches were in my left shoulder, in my left hip, and thighs. After stopping the Crystal Lite, the pain went away. I would stretch on a 6 inch noodle to relieve the leg pain, it would take like 20 minutes to get the kinks out. Now I go to the gym and my muscles are ready to go after 5 minutes of stretching. Any similarities?

Rick