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Common Causes of Lower Leg Pain A strain is a common cause of leg pain and results from increased activity that leads to overstretching of a muscle. While muscle strains usually cause mild soreness, a person may also experience cramping, weakness, and swelling. More sudden or severe injuries can cause a muscle tear which is significantly more painful.
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Common Causes of Lower Leg Pain A serious and potentially life-threatening cause of leg pain is known as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). A DVT is a clot in a leg vein that can break off and travel to the lungs. Symptoms of a DVT in the lower leg often include swelling, warmth, and/or redness of the calf.
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- 1 Leg pain can have less obvious causes, such as peripheral artery disease. 2  Repetitive, excessive sports, especially in the form on running, can lead to trauma that creates leg pain - E.G: shin splints and stress fractures.  Leg pain with an underlying medical cause may be nerve-related, musculoskeletal or vascular.
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Common Causes of Lower Leg Pain The veins of the legs return blood back to the heart. When vein problems occur, leg swelling (edema) and sometimes pain or tenderness may occur. One common vein problem is venous insufficiency, which can lead to varicose veins, recurrent leg swelling, and skin changes such as a brown discoloration near the ankles.
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Leg Pain: Symptoms & Signs Depending on the cause, leg pain can occur in one leg only or in both legs. Typically, the leg pain is a result of tissue inflammation that is caused by injury or disease. Either injury or chronic disease can cause inflammation to any of the tissues of the leg and lead to leg pain. Since the leg contains a number of different structures and tissue types, a wide variety of conditions and injuries can cause leg pain. Depending on the cause of the pain, other symptoms, like. weakness, numbness, throbbing, cramps, aching, or; a tingling sensation, may accompany leg pain.
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Foot & Leg Pain Pain in the feet or legs is common. It can be caused by a number of different conditions. The most common conditions that cause pain in the feet and/or legs are the following: Plantar fasciitis. Arthritis. Neuropathy. Sciatica.
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Leg Pain Trauma is the most obvious cause of leg pain. Falls, near falls, and twisting injuries can damage bones, muscles, and joints of the leg or a combination of all three. Back pain, due to injury, can inflame the sciatic nerve and cause sciatica. This is a pain that radiates down the leg that follows the path of one of the many nerve roots that leave the spinal cord and make up the sciatic nerve.
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Leg Pain 1 Infection in the bone or tissues of the leg can cause swelling, redness, or pain in the affected area.  Nerve damage in the leg may cause numbness, pain, or tingling. It often occurs in the feet and lower part of the legs as a result of diabetes.
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Leg Pain Other causes of leg pain. The following conditions and injuries can also lead to leg pain, but they’re less common causes: A slipped (herniated) disk occurs when one of the rubbery disks in between the vertebrate slips out of place. The disk can compress nerves in the spine.
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What causes extreme muscle pain in the leg? Diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage) is a common cause of tingling and numbness in the legs that can at times be painful. For diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is important to differentiate the exact type and location of any pain in the legs. Blood clots (deep vein thrombosis) can be another cause of leg pain.
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What causes extreme muscle pain in the leg? Typically, the pain is a result of tissue inflammation that is caused by injury or disease. Either injury or chronic disease can cause inflammation to any of the tissues of the leg and lead to leg pain.
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- These are some of the more common causes of lower leg pain from problems with blood vessels: Blood clot. A blood clot that develops in a vein deep in the body is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Most deep vein blood clots develop in the lower leg or thigh.
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Whatâs Causing Your Leg Pain, Burning and Numbness? Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, a blood clot in a deep vein that develops after extended periods of inactivity, can also cause major leg pain. Long flights or car rides make it difficult for the leg to return blood back to the heart.
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- More detail and supporting information is in the body of this article. 1  Leg pain refers to any kind of pain that occurs between the heels and the pelvis. 2  Many causes of leg pain are obvious, such as injury after an accident. 3  Leg pain can have less obvious causes, such as peripheral artery disease.
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Leg pain Leg pain is a common problem. It can be due to a cramp, injury, or other cause. Leg pain can be due to a muscle cramp (also called a charley horse). Common causes of cramps include: 1  Dehydration or low amounts of potassium, sodium, calcium, or magnesium in the blood.  Medicines (such as diuretics and statins)
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Diseases and Problems We Treat Leg pain refers to pain or discomfort anywhere in the leg. It can range from a dull ache to an intense stabbing sensation. There are many causes of leg pain. However, only some of these are medically serious.
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Causes of Bilateral Lower Leg Pain Numerous conditions can cause bilateral lower leg pain. Photo Credit legs image by Leticia Wilson from Fotolia.com. Bilateral lower leg pain is pain in both legs, anywhere between the knees and the ankles. According to MayoClinic.com, leg pain can manifest anywhere from the hips to the ankles, and it may be caused by structures or tissues in other parts of the body, such as the lower back or feet. The lower leg is the area between the knees and the ankles.
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Whatâs Causing Your Leg Pain, Burning and Numbness? Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, a blood clot in a deep vein that develops after extended periods of inactivity, can also cause major leg pain. Long flights or car rides make it difficult for the leg to return blood back to the heart. If that blood return slows or stops, it can create a clot within the vein.
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Leg Pain Pain in the legs may be due to injury or inflammation of any of the structures that are found in the leg, including bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, nerves, and skin. Inflammation of tissues is usually the cause of pain.Pain can also radiate from other parts of the body and be felt in the leg.Back ailments can cause pain and numbness of the leg. Abdominal aorta and iliac artery aneurysms can also present with leg pain.nflammation of tissues is usually the cause of pain. Pain can also radiate from other parts of the body and be felt in the leg. Back ailments can cause pain and numbness of the leg. Abdominal aorta and iliac artery aneurysms can also present with leg pain.
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Aching Legs Low back pain caused by sciatica (inflammation of nervous ischiadicus). Pain can radiate from the cheeks down to the leg. The complexity of pain depends on the root of the nerve involved. That is why the pain is felt in the shin, thigh, or foot. Leg pain in children.
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- Most leg pain results from wear and tear, overuse, or injuries in joints or bones or in muscles, ligaments, tendons or other soft tissues. Some types of leg pain can be traced to problems in your lower spine. Leg pain can also be caused by blood clots, varicose veins or poor circulation. Some common causes of leg pain include: 1  Achilles tendinitis. 2  Achilles tendon rupture. 3  ACL injury. 4  Baker's cyst. 5  Bone cancer. 6  Broken leg.
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Leg Pain 1 Pain in the legs may be due to injury or inflammation of any of the structures that are found in the leg, including bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, nerves, and skin. Inflammation of tissue is usually the cause of pain.  Pain can also radiate from other parts of the body and be felt in the leg.
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- Some types of leg pain can be traced to problems in your lower spine. Leg pain can also be caused by blood clots, varicose veins or poor circulation. Some common causes of leg pain include: 1  Achilles tendinitis. 2  Achilles tendon rupture. 3  ACL injury. 4  Baker's cyst. 5  Bone cancer. 6  Broken leg. 7  Bursitis.
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Leg Pain Infection in the bone or tissues of the leg can cause swelling, redness, or pain in the affected area. Nerve damage in the leg may cause numbness, pain, or tingling. It often occurs in the feet and lower part of the legs as a result of diabetes.
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What Causes Pain in the Legs at Night? Quick Answer. Some of the causes of pain in the legs at night include dehydration, injury, medications, muscle strain, muscle fatigue, pregnancy, excessive exercise, standing for prolonged periods of time and staying at cold temperatures for too long.