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| Tired Legs |
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Your body needs the right amount of blood flow to keep your heart pumping, your legs moving and your brain functioning. Blood circulation, the movement of blood throughout the body, is clearly crucial to your existence, and poor leg circulation can easily produce tired legs.
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| Symptoms: Do You Have Tired Legs? |
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If you have poor leg circulation or tired legs, you may develop the following symptoms.
- In the early stages, you may experience cramping or tired legs, aching buttocks or aching feet during activity. The pain, whether it’s leg pain, lower leg pain or foot pain, usually diminishes with rest, but will reoccur.
- You may complain of a tired leg, general leg swelling or an aching leg.
- You may also have cramping or aching that occurs in your legs and feet when you are sleeping or immobile for extended periods of time.
- In addition, you can incur such symptoms as ‘cold feet,’ or feet that ‘fall asleep.’
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| What Causes a Tired leg? |
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If you have a tired legs, you could have poor leg circulation. The following behaviors or conditions can contribute to a tired leg or other leg circulation problems:
- Tobacco smoking
- Obesity
- Lack of exercise
- Improper diet
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Pregnancy
- Long periods of sitting in a cramped and immobile position (Economy Class Syndrome)
The Podiatry Institute suggests that you always see your physician if you have tired legs and suspect you have poor leg circulation. Medications are available to treat tired legs and other leg circulation problems and to help prevent more serious consequences.
Information on foot, leg and lower body health conditions provided by The Podiatry Institute, dedicated to advancing the standard of care in podiatric medicine and its effects on muscoskeletal health. |
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