why are my legs hurting?
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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. Leg pain can also be caused by blood clots, varicose veins or poor circulation.
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Body Aches and Chills: Take Them Seriously Then, slowly but surely, your entire body starts to ache. And pretty soon, moving even a muscle can be painful. You may blame your achiness – which commonly manifests in the legs, back, or head – on a recent workout or the yardwork you did over the weekend.
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Thighs hurt because you are working your quadricep muscle while squating majorly. Unless your knee or lower back hurts, and you are squatting with the right form- nothing to worry.
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Leg pain often occurs just above the knees and on the back of the upper thighs. Various types of arthritis can cause pain throughout the body, including in the thighs. The pain of osteoarthritis is often concentrated in the hip and knee joints but may radiate down or up.
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Leg pain and cramps often occur as a result of nerve damage called diabetic neuropathy. If diabetes damages nerves in your arms or legs, it's called diabetic peripheral neuropathy. This condition can be a direct result of long-term high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia) in those who have diabetes.
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If the injury is only a strain, you may feel a strong pulling in your lower leg. It may be uncomfortable. You may have a twinge of pain. More serious muscle tears will cause very sharp pain and leave you barely able to walk.
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Growing pains usually occur in both legs, in the calves, front of thighs, and behind the knees. Bone growth isn't actually painful. While the cause of growing pains is unknown, it may be linked to children being active during the day. Growing pains are diagnosed when other conditions are ruled out.
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It could be lactic acid buildup. If you've ever felt your thighs burn during a squat, or woke up with excruciating cramps in your calves in the middle of the night, it is probably the result of lactic acid buildup.
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In fact, stress and chronic stress often cause heavy, tired, jelly-like, rubbery, weak, and stiff legs feelings because of how stress affects the body's muscles, including those in the legs.
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Leg pain, if not the result of direct injury to the area or repetitive use, can be due to damage to the peripheral nervous system or of a neurological disorder that causes weakening of muscles. It is best to consult a Neurologist for an accurate diagnosis.
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Your legs may feel tired or fatigued if your blood isn't circulating through your body properly. Poor circulation often affects the lower part of your body since it's harder for blood to flow upward toward your heart. Sometimes blood can collect in your legs, ankles, and feet.
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Shin splints occurs when you have pain in the front of your lower leg. The pain of shin splints is from the inflammation of the muscles, tendons, and bone tissue around your shin. Shin splints are a common problem for runners, gymnasts, dancers, and military recruits.
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Claudication is a common condition where pain occurs in the legs with exercise due to a reduction in the circulation. The cause is hardening of the arteries otherwise known as atherosclerosis. The common symptom is of a cramp like pain developing in the calf muscles on walking.
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 While PAD can occur anywhere, it most often affects the legs. Without enough blood circulating, your legs can feel tired, crampy, and achy. These symptoms are one of the first signs of PAD. The same things that cause fatty buildup in your other arteries cause them in your legs as well.
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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 common cause of leg pain.
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Pain in your legs and feet at night, or when trying to sleep, is often a symptom of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Peripheral artery disease leg pain can occur anywhere in your leg, but the most common places to feel pain are in the muscles of your calf, thigh or buttocks.
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Being aware of the risk factors for a blood clot can help you know if leg pain is a cramp or something more serious. If you feel a pain in your leg, it's likely a cramp or a pulled muscle. But it could be a much more serious condition: blood clots of deep vein thrombosis, also called DVT.