![]() ![]() “Emanating from the lumbar spine (lower back), these peripheral nerves become irritated, sending pain signals to both legs. “All of these conditions cause crowding and in some cases direct pressure on the spinal cord, blocking nerve impulses to the peripheral nerves at all levels below the defect. ![]() Lumbar stenosis “is a narrowing of the spinal canal caused by chronic, usually age-related arthritis and degenerative disc disease, but also more acute conditions like herniated discs,” says Piper. In severe cases people are bent quite far forward when walking or even just standing still. If you have this, you’ll also have low back pain that’s relieved by bending a bit forward when you walk. Venous insufficiency usually comes with at least one of these symptoms: skin discoloration, skin ulcers and leg/ankle swelling. Varicose veins can be a symptom of chronic venous insufficiency, in which the valves of the veins do not work properly. Again, oxygen deprivation leads to muscle spasm and pain.” “Varicose veins lead to pooling of un-oxygenated blood in the legs, mixing with and diluting the newly oxygenated blood from the arteries. “When tissue is deprived of oxygen, spasm and pain results.” Varicose Veins “Inflammation combined with high circulating cholesterol leads to the buildup of plaque in these vessels, reducing the flow of oxygenated blood reaching tissue,” continues Piper. “Peripheral arterial disease is an inflammatory condition of the arteries carrying blood from the heart to the periphery (most common in smokers and diabetics),” says Jenepher Piper, a family practice nurse practitioner for Maryland Family Care for 25+ years and a former nurse with Home Care Nurse for Johns Hopkins Home Care. If both of your legs begin aching after you’ve been standing for only a few minutes, and this keeps happening, there are four likely causes, and one is serious.Įven in “out of shape” people, it is not normal to suffer aching legs after standing for a few minutes – when benign causes are ruled out such as overdoing it at the gym after a long absence or having a bad cold. ![]()
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