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Lower leg pain, better with rest
Lower leg pain, better with rest
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 30-year old asked:
Can i rest my back or is there exercises i can do to stop this pain in my lower back and leg muscles?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Got a dull pain in my lower left leg that has been there for about a week. Pain comes and goes independent of rest. Should i worry?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Pain in lower leg right under right calf and the bottom of calf only hurts when I walk a certain way on it when resting no pain at all?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Could my husband have a bloodclot in his leg? My husband is 40 and overweight with a history of knee and back troubles. His knee recently swelled and became painful with no obvious cause. He has been doing yardwork instead of resting and now his lower leg
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A 45-year old female asked about a male:
My sons lower legs are purply/red. One more than the other. No pain or discomfort, just the color variation from the rest of his body?
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A 48-year old male asked:
Why do my feet and lower legs get hot, especially in the night, compared with the rest of me?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Why do my legs always sweat at night? The rest of my body is fine, just my Lower half is mildly sweaty sometimes. Is this serious?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Over the last six months I have been tachycardic at rest and now have bilateral pitting oedema in my lower legs - what does this mean?
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A 31-year old male asked:
My left lower leg itches a lot. The itching sometimes can get quite discomforting and I have to scratch it. The skin is becoming darker than the rest of the leg and I can see somewhat dark lines under the skin.
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A 22-year old female asked:
been having burning pains in my lower legs and feet. It feels worse after significant walking but still persists at rest. What could this be?
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A 35-year old male asked:
I feel like I have a blood clot in my lower left leg but i've been walking around for awhile and i get tried but better when i rest. Is it clogged?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Just recovered from being really sick. Had long bed rest. Now i get wore out so fast and legs and lower back hurt after being active. What can I do?
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A 23-year old female asked:
A month ago sneezed & injured back; couldn't bend over, rested. Passed. Exercised yesterday and now pain back, radiates down lower back to leg.Doctor?
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A 19-year old male asked:
My lower legs near ankle is hot to touch. No swelling, but noticeable temperature difference than rest of legs. Toes are very cold. What is this?
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A 54-year old female asked:
I'm having very bad pain in knees and lower legs and hips please help with some info on how I can feel better hurts most when lying down resting :(?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Im hassan 43 y i have a big thrombosis in left lower leg at the knee level now on warfarin. Last INR 4 how meny days nedd full rest to start move?
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A 39-year old asked:
I have started jogging regularly and have developed pains in the front of my lower leg which my doctor says are shin splints. He has advised me to rest. Is there anything else I can do?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Lower leg pain for months in one area of anterior shin about 4-5 cm diameter. Other areas dont hurt. No pain when resting but pain when touching location in leg (tender) or when walking. Leg looks normal. Im sedentary. What could cause that?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I am 32/m. I'm having lower back pain with nerve pain in my left leg. After taking bed rest the back pain has reduced but the nerve pain is till there?
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A 46-year old female asked:
If I make a little effort all my body hurts but it's not like normal pain , is A LOT of pain but everywhere, specially feet, legs and lower back but the rest hurt as well . I'm not that old, but I'm obese (240 lbs) what is going on with me?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Waking with stiff legs and mild soreness in lower leg muscles that doesn't seem to get better even with rest. What kind of doctor should I see?
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A 38-year old male asked:
Slip disc.Its causing pain in lower back but not propagating to leg. Doctor has asked me to take hifenac and tizan for a week. But wont the pain come back after a week. Is operation the only solution?Can I start going to office or take bed rest?
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A 37-year old male asked:
What can cause tingling in both lower arms and legs? NOT hands and feet. Persistent for 3 weeks. Also when sitting or resting. No loss of sensation.
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A 37-year old female asked:
What could be cause of aching calves for 2 days now? Both legs. Also bloated, lower back pain, havent done any strenuous exercise. It is worse at rest?
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A 35-year old male asked:
MRI scan shows posterior disc protusion at L5 S1 level after medication/ rest it is fine very litle pain now at lower back/Leg. Doc says surgery?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Lower leg throbbing pain all the time. shaky legs aftr 20mins exercising. heavy upper arms. dont feel like moving legs and arms much. dont feel rested?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I feel tingling in my lower legs EXCLUSIVELY when walking, I have never felt any sensation at rest. The tingling in my legs also increases after bathing with hot water. Could this be a symptom of multiple sclerosis?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Should I be on bed rest if I have lumbar radiculopathy in my lower back only (severe prickling in lower back and top of buttocks but none in legs and would flexeril help?
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A member asked:
Numbness of skin suffice from waist to feet, cramps in lower legs at night during rest, hard stool. None?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I am experiencing lung, shortness of breath (severity: severe) (time frame: sudden) (worsened by: exercise or physical activity) (unaffected by: psychological stress, lying down) (better by: rest) (unaffected by: sitting upright), lower leg swelling, ches
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