Like you, I also get aching in my legs when I sit in the recliner or lie in bed. It keeps me from going to sleep, but doesn't wake me up. Like you, I don't have the pain when I'm walking around or sitting in a regular chair. If I can't go to sleep, I have to get back up and walk around a bit to help it. I have HNPP (Hereditary Neuropathy with Pressure Palsies). My neurologist told me it's the pressure palsies part causing this. The nerves can't take pressure on them. I thought PP just caused numbness, tingling and dead leg/arm temporarily, but she said it can cause the pain too. I don't have a solution, but haven't noticed some days, weeks or months are better than others so hopefully you'll have some better times too. I get a lot of shooting/stabbing pains, toe in a vice feeling, etc. that also mostly happen in the recliner and lying down at night. That seemed like typical neuropathy to me. I also get restless leg syndrome at night in the recliner or bed. I hope someone will offer a solution to the aching here. I've tried pillows -- nope. I've tried stretching my legs in bed and that actually makes my RLS worse. As long as I'm awake at night the aching gets worse and worse, but oddly enough, when I wake up in the morning it's gone. Best of luck to you.