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Aching Legs Aching Legs. Aching Legs and Feet. Injury is the most common cause of leg pain (aching legs). However, even a simple back pain can cause your legs to ache depending on the degree of pain. Usually, elders and diabetics and people with poor circulation are the ones who experience leg pain especially at night.
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- Circulatory Causes. Disorders that decrease circulation to the legs can cause aching and fatigue. An example of such a disorder is peripheral arterial disease, or PAD. PAD is caused by atherosclerotic plaques that block arteries in the extremities, similar to the plaques that block coronary arteries in coronary artery disease.
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Aching Legs Non-Traumatic Leg Pain. Aching legs brought by non-traumatic causes are quite difficult to diagnose. A patient may undergo series of medical tests before the doctor can identify the true cause of the pain. There are some causes that can be easily determined by just knowing which leg is aching.
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What causes extreme muscle pain in the leg? Pain in the legs can occur as a result of conditions that affect bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, nerves, or skin. 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.iabetic 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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Leg Pain Cramps. A principle cause of leg pain is a cramp or muscle spasm, often known as a charley horse. Muscle fatigue, dehydration, and some medications—such as diuretics and statins—can all lead to leg cramps.
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- Sciatica is a common cause of pain from the lower back down through the leg. Overuse of leg muscles can be the cause of burning leg pain. A bulging disc in the spine can compress the sciatic nerve and cause leg pain. If the sciatic nerve becomes irritated, it can cause pain and numbness down the leg.
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What You Should Know About Leg Pain Updated August 19, 2016. If you experience leg pain, the cause may at first be unclear. Typically, people assume pain is related to injury, even when they cannot point to a specific incident, such as a fall or an accident. Several diseases and conditions can cause leg pain, including arthritis. It's important to be diagnosed by a doctor, especially when leg pain persists or worsens.
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Leg Pain: Types, causes, and home treatment 1 Many causes of leg pain are obvious, such as injury after an accident. 2  Leg pain can have less obvious causes, such as peripheral artery disease.  Repetitive, excessive sports, especially in the form on running, can lead to trauma that creates leg pain - E.G: shin splints and stress fractures.
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Aching Legs Sometimes all your legs need is a good rest. If you are experiencing leg pain due to excessive use of your leg muscles, try these home care remedies. 1  Give your legs a break! 2  Put your feet up for a little while. 3  Apply heat or ice to the area that is in pain. 4  Try to stretch out your legs and muscles. If you experience leg cramps you will feel the pain of aching legs for at least one or two days. 2  Standing or sitting with the wrong posture can lead to additional strain on your lower back and limbs causing achy legs.
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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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5 Types of Pain in Aching Legs and What They Could Mean Pain from the lower back is accompanied by weakness or numbness of the legs and even pain in the foot. For those who have desk jobs, there can be workouts that help you move and strengthen your lower back so as to avoid aching legs. Pain in the lower extremities may also be caused by other factors as well.
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Causes By Mayo Clinic Staff. 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.  Achilles tendon rupture.
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Symptoms Causes of leg pain include: muscle cramps, dehydration or depletion of potassium, sodium, calcium, or magnesium, injuries, inflammation, nerve damage, and other conditions. You might have used or overused a muscle there in a way they weren't used to. Stretch calves regularly throughout the day and at night.
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Leg Pain: Symptoms & Signs For diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is important to differentiate the exact type and location of any pain in the legs. Peripheral artery disease can cause claudication, or pain that occurs in the legs usually when walking or exercising. Blood clots (deep vein thrombosis) can be another cause of leg pain. Pain in the knee and ankle joints of the leg is common with the arthritis conditions. The pain of sciatica (from disc disease of the spine) may radiate down the leg and is another ...
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Leg Aches Aching Legs Symptoms. Because there are various causes of leg problems, aching leg symptoms are also different from each other. In cases of injury, the leg pain can be sharp because of the direct trauma on the affected are (legs, thigh, patella, etc).owever, as one grows older and as the weight increases, lower extremities may encounter problems such as leg aches. By virtue of gravity, the legs support the body weight putting pressure on the soles of your feet. Frequent standing, engaging in different sports and even just simple walking can cause leg pain.
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Leg Pain Gout is a form of arthritis that can occur when too much uric acid builds up in the body. It usually causes pain, swelling, and redness in the feet and lower part of the legs. Varicose veins are knotted and enlarged veins that form when the veins overfill with blood due to incompetent valves.
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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.  Leg pain can have less obvious causes, such as peripheral artery disease.
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Muscle twitching (painless), Numbness or tingling, Pain or discomfort and Restless (urge to move) legs Restless leg syndrome causes intense discomfort in your legs and an overpowering urge to move them. Sciatica is pain, numbness, weakness or tingling in the leg caused by an injury to the sciatic nerve. A vertebral compression fracture can cause pain and weakness in the lower back, upper back, neck, or hip. Osteomyelitis is an infection of a bone that causes pain, swelling, and redness. A stroke occurs when blood and oxygen to the brain are cut off, and causes numbness, confusion, and more.
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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. Sciatic pain usually begins in the back and radiates to the buttock and into the thigh.
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- Photo Credit legs image by zaro4ka from Fotolia.com. Many conditions can cause leg pain and weakness. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, leg pain can be caused by overuse injuries, inflammatory diseases, lower extremity trauma and certain medical conditions.
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Causes 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.
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Leg Problems, Noninjury - Topic Overview Leg problems also can be caused by injuries. If you think your leg problem is related to an injury, see the topic Leg Injuries. Leg problems may be minor or serious and may include symptoms such as pain, swelling, cramps, numbness, tingling, weakness, or changes in temperature or color. Symptoms often develop from exercise, everyday wear and tear, or overuse.
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) What is DNA made of? DNA is made of chemical building blocks called nucleotides. These building blocks are made of three parts: a phosphate group, a sugar group and one of four types of nitrogen bases. To form a strand of DNA, nucleotides are linked into chains, with the phosphate and sugar groups alternating.
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- The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Constant leg pain. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms. 1  Sciatica. 2  Diabetes. 3  High cholesterol. 4  Smoking. 5  Hypertension. 6  Lack of physical activity.
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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.ome 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.
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Leg Pain & Swelling Leg Pain. Varicose vein disease is a common and often underappreciated cause of leg pain. Varicose veins may be overlooked as a cause of leg pain because not all varicose veins bulge on the surface; some are invisible and located deeper in the leg. Leaking varicose veins cause blood to pool and waste products to accumulate in the leg.