sore bottom and shoulders

[DDH]

I am riding a Trek mountain bike. The soreness I am having in my butt, I expect, but not in my private area. That is a numb, skin irritated kind of feeling. Almost like a fresh burn feels as far as the skin and then the numbness is there too, and it seems to be more on the left side, on the fatty part of your privates kind of at the crease of your leg. I don't know how else to describe that. Then my shoulders and neck are sore like I have been doing push ups. Like to much weight is on the front part of my body. Now that may just be normal, but I wanted to make sure it wasn't because I was sitting incorrectly on my bike.

Okay, anyway, I rode this morning after DH raised the stem up slightly and it seems to feel better. Now I will ride a few more times to make sure, before I change or do anything else, because it may just be that I was focusing more on my seating position since I was already sore.
I hope that was it, because I don't want to be so sore and then not want to go.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DDH,
I was plenty sore after getting on a bike for the first time in 37 years last month. My thighs, my shoulders and arms, and especially my behind where I sit. But it slowly faded away after a few more rides- about 2 weeks worth.
Don't forget you are using muscles and tendons that haven't been asked to do much of anything in a long time. You are making demands from muscles that you don't even have yet!
Be patient. The body will respond.