The modern rhythm of life leaves a heavy imprint on a person - the general fatigue of the body, frequent pain in the back and cervical region, and it is not surprising that the legs hurt below the knees. Excessive loads can cause not only severity and discomfort, but also swelling of the limbs.
Why do legs below the knees hurt?
Most often, the cause of such painful sensations is inflammation in the muscles, joints and blood vessels. Diseases of the spine can also leave an indelible imprint on the condition of the lower extremities. By the way, the first signs of varicose veins can also be discomfort in the legs below the knee. Consider some of the signs and an approximate diagnosis by type of pain and secondary symptoms.
So, with severe edema, severity and rather severe pain, trauma to the bone can be assumed. For example, if the ankle hurts, then most often it is the result of a crack in the bone, thinning or stratification of the bone tissue.
If the bones of the leg below the knees hurt (immediately below the knee) or in the ankle - this may be a result of a stretch of the tendon connecting the muscles and bone. Although the main tissue of the tendons is very strong and not very elastic, it is quite possible to damage it. Basically, pain occurs when moving.
Legs below the knee hurt and if the meniscus is damaged or the kneecap is injured. Or maybe a cyst or clogged arteries. In this case, the pain will be compressive and accompanied by heaviness: these sensations arise when walking.
Peripheral nervous system dysfunction, such as neuralgia, which affects the sciatic nerve, causes severe pain from the thigh to the lower leg. Night pains are the result of a lack of calcium, potassium, iron or magnesium in the body. However, this is typical for children and adolescents, and in adults it is better to look for the cause in the pathologies of the nervous, vascular or articular systems.
If the legs below the knees hurt with severe and sharp pain, and at the same time there is an increase in temperature and a strong redness of the leg below the knee joint, then this is erysipelas. By focusing the throbbing pain in the big toe, gout can be diagnosed.
Treatment
If the legs below the knees hurt, as a rule, it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis on your own, so starting treatment at random is at least just not serious. It must be understood that the pain in the lower leg can be caused not only by a stretching of the muscles or tendons, but also by a serious disease of the spine, which simply cannot be treated.
Anyway, if there is pain and does not go away for a long time (in particular, more than three days) - contacting a doctor is simply vital. Folk remedies in this case are useless - you can treat completely not what you need. After the doctor makes an accurate diagnosis and prescribes an effective course of treatment, alternative medicine can also be used as an auxiliary means, because now you know the exact diagnosis.