Many people, regardless of gender and age, often have a tendency to tired legs in the evenings. This is expressed in the general feeling of heaviness, pain in the knees and feet, swelling. Such symptoms can be observed both after a day spent in an upright position, and after a relatively quiet pastime. Why feet are humming and how to deal with this condition is described in this article.
Why is there a feeling of discomfort and heaviness in the legs?
Discomfort and severity do not always indicate the presence of any disease. Why do women legs hum in the evening:
- more than four hours in an upright position, the inability to change the position;
- uncomfortable shoes with heels or stilettos, inability to wear shoes with the correct shoe;
- forced sitting position and lack of ability to get up and walk at least once an hour.
It is obvious that both a completely sedentary lifestyle and one in which a woman is forced to constantly be on her feet are very harmful. Standing for several hours a day, hairdressers, teachers, sellers. If there is a predisposition to the development of varicose veins (for example, parents underwent surgery to remove problem veins or suffered from thrombophlebitis, thromboembolism), then you should abandon this lifestyle - otherwise the development of the disease cannot be avoided.
Why are the legs below the knees humming in men:
- lack of ability to wear orthopedic correct shoes;
- hereditary predisposition to the thin and fragile wall of blood vessels;
- too much physical activity on the feet and knees.
Men, due to an active lifestyle, are more likely to damage the knee in the meniscus. Such injuries are very common in athletes, weightlifters, as well as in people whose work is associated with the constant passing of standards of physical fitness, for example, in military personnel.
Varicose veins in women and men
There is an opinion that this disease is more common in women. This is actually so: about 78% of the female phlebologist's patients. Men also sometimes suffer from fragility of the vascular walls, but, much less often than women, due to a different immune status. Why are my legs constantly humming? If this happens in the evening, and even in the morning, this means that the disease has already reached the terminal stage, and further discomfort and pain will only intensify. To avoid this, you should constantly take medication with a course.
If the patient is looking for an answer to the question of why the legs are humming after walking, then most likely we are talking about the initial stages of varicose veins . You can get by with light measures: folk remedies, as well as several courses of physiotherapy, will help with discomfort.
Varicose veins treatment
Medications for varicose veins are divided into several broad groups:
- Phlebotonics act directly on the vascular wall and improve the patient's condition quite quickly. Patient reviews indicate that when taking "Venoruton", "Troxevasin" the possibility of alleviating the condition is already on the third or fourth day of admission. For treatment, long courses of several months are needed to consolidate the result.
- Disaggregants are anti-inflammatory drugs that can relieve swelling and severe pain. This is Tirofiban, Trental.
- Medicines that can quickly thin the blood, reduce inflamed veins, relieve swelling, discomfort. However, they give only a cosmetic effect with varicose veins.
Physiotherapeutic methods for strengthening the walls of veins and capillaries
If the reason why the legs below the knees are buzzing is the weakness of the walls of the veins, arteries and capillaries, then the phlebologist prescribes a course of physiotherapy. It will lead to the strengthening of the vascular wall, reduction of its permeability, normalization of blood outflow, elimination of edema.
Physiotherapy methods help stimulate blood flow in the lower extremities:
- Darsonvalization - with the help of a special device, there is an effect of low voltage electric current on problem areas of the legs. A course of ten to fifteen procedures should be performed at least once a quarter, since the effect of the procedure is cumulative.
- Cryotherapy is a temperature method of influencing problematic areas of the legs; after the course, the feeling of heaviness and discomfort is significantly weakened.
- Hyperbaric oxygenation is a physiotherapeutic way to increase the percentage of oxygen in other body tissues using a special apparatus under pressure in a pressure chamber. At the same time, all metabolic processes improve and a person begins to feel generally better, his vitality rises.
- Ozone therapy - the use of ozone in order to increase the tone of the walls of blood vessels. Patient reviews indicate that relief comes only after a few courses of physiotherapy, and it should be combined with drug treatment.
- Hydrotherapy is an underwater massage in the jacuzzi bathtub, strong jets of cold and hot water. Reviews of this technique are ambiguous: the course of ten procedures is too small, for a noticeable effect it is necessary to regularly practice this method of healing the vascular walls for months.
Reviews on the most effective treatment for varicose veins
What treatment method to choose? Reviews report that the most effective relief of discomfort occurs with complex exposure.
Optimally, if the ligament is as follows: a darsonval course, then a course of ozone therapy, and at the same time take Venoruton or Troxevasin.
If the patient suffers from leg swelling in the evenings, therapeutic ointments can be used to help disperse blood accumulated under the skin. This is a heparin ointment, Troxevasin, Troxerutin. They should be used on a daily basis, while in the evenings and during sleep, try to take such a position of the body so that the legs are located above the level of the head - this contributes to the outflow of blood and reduce discomfort. Reviews of patients who have practiced such an integrated approach to treatment are positive.
Endarteritis - symptoms and causes of the disease
In the process of this disease, the vessels on the legs become inflamed. This process is accompanied by rather severe pain, in some cases it is difficult for the patient to take even a few steps. As a result, a person loses working capacity for a while. If such a symptom appears, then you should immediately contact an ambulance or emergency room, such an attack must be stopped with medication. Why do the heels of the feet hum, do the feet and the back surface of the feet hurt? These are probably the initial manifestations of endarteritis. The faster the patient turns to a phlebologist or surgeon, the better, since bouts of severe pain can begin suddenly.
The exact causes of the development of endarteritis have not been identified, but there are risk factors that can trigger the disease.
- Heavy smokers are prone to endarteritis. At the same time, a person should not be wondering why his legs are buzzing if he smokes more than ten cigarettes per day. With such an amount of nicotine entering the body, the vessel walls are most often in a terrifying state.
- Long-term stress and problems in the psycho-emotional sphere inevitably contribute to the development of psychosomatic diseases. Endarteritis is one of them.
- Injuries of the lower extremities and excessive weightlifting (for example, squats with a barbell too frequent or deadlifts with initially insufficiently prepared legs) is also one of the common factors for the development of endarteritis.
Flat feet in adults and children: symptoms
In search of an answer to the question of why the feet are humming, the patient often finds out that he has flat feet. Depending on the stage of the disease, it can manifest itself in a greater or lesser stage. Some patients live from birth to old age with the initial stage of flat feet. Why are my legs humming at night and even during the daytime with this disease?
Due to improper development of the foot, the entire balance of the skeleton and skeletal system is disturbed. Spinal diseases develop. As a result, the patient suffers from pain in the feet, lower back, and thoracic region. You should carefully examine your foot: if there are no anatomical grooves on the inside, perhaps a person has flat feet.
Flatfoot treatment methods and reviews
Modern orthopedics offers the following methods of combating the disease:
- Physiotherapy. Patient reviews indicate that it is effective in childhood and with regular follow-up can completely cure the disease. In adulthood, you can mitigate the symptoms of flat feet and reduce pain and discomfort.
- Physiotherapy on the area of the feet. Patient reviews confirm the effectiveness of this method. Alas, if the stage of the disease is serious, then relief comes only during the procedure.
- Orthopedic shoes and anatomically shaped insoles ensure the correct foot position. This often helps reduce pain and discomfort. But, even in such shoes, one should not walk and walk for a long time, since after exertion during flat feet the patient almost always feels an aggravation of his condition.
- Therapeutic massage significantly alleviates discomfort and pain with flat feet. In order to learn how to perform it correctly, you should for some time resemble a professional. From the outside it only seems that there is a chaotic movement of the fingers, in fact, the doctor clicks on special points that anesthetize the foot and contribute to a rush of blood and get rid of discomfort. Over time, you can learn to do yourself exactly the same massage.
How to improve the condition of the vessels of the legs at home?
In most cases, the answer to the question of why the arms and legs are buzzing is in the state of veins, capillaries and arteries. The state of the walls of the vessels is influenced by many factors, but, in most cases, pathologies of the circulatory system of the legs and feet arise due to genetic failures. The number of fibers responsible for the elasticity of tissues and the strength of the structure of the walls of veins, capillaries, arteries, is laid genetically. If this amount is not enough, then there is a high probability of developing varicose veins, thrombophlebitis and other similar diseases.
If the patient is worried about why the legs below the knees are humming, and he knows that the parents had or have problems with the state of the veins, he should take special measures to prevent the development of varicose veins in himself. Here is a list of simple rules that will not require any financial costs, but will help strengthen the walls of veins, arteries and capillaries.
- Cold and hot shower. Every evening, instead of asking yourself the question: “Why are your legs humming?”, You should go to the bath. Switch the shower to warm water and rinse the limbs for about three minutes. Then smoothly switch the valve and ensure the supply of as cold water as there is strength to endure. To maximize the effect of the contrast shower, you should switch the valve so that each time the water is slightly colder than the previous session. The total duration of the procedure should not exceed fifteen to twenty minutes.
- Nettle infusion has a healing effect on the circulatory system, has beneficial effects on the walls of veins and capillaries. For the therapeutic effect, you should insist on a rather cool tea from dry chopped nettles and take it for several months daily on an empty stomach, ten minutes before taking breakfast and dinner.
- In order not to splurge on the pharmacy "Eskuzan", you should prepare the alcohol tincture of chestnut yourself. To do this, close tightly with a lid 100 grams of chestnut leaves and several fruits, filled with 500 ml of vodka. Insist in a dark place for two weeks, take the tincture of ten to fifteen drops before each meal.
Prevention measures: why the legs are buzzing and how to prevent this
It is always easier to prevent the development of the disease than subsequently treat it. In order not to have to spend money on medicines and physiotherapy, it is enough to follow the following rules:
- change poses as often as possible - do not sit and do not stand for too long, from time to time do light gymnastics for the legs;
- to exclude trips to the bathhouse and stay in hot water, cold is useful for the vascular walls, and they quickly lose their tone due to heat;
- if you do not know why your legs are humming in the evening, but you have a predisposition to varicose veins, you should drink a course of phlebotonics several times a year for prevention;
- every evening after a busy day, you should raise your feet above head level so that the blood does not stagnate in the lower extremities (you can simply put the ankles on the arm of the sofa or put a pillow under the feet).