Squatting for a while leg numbness is usually due to squatting, lower limb nerves and blood vessels are compressed and caused by numbness, usually a normal physiological phenomenon, but do not rule out the possibility of lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis, pyriformis syndrome and other pathological factors.
1. Physiological factors: the human body in the squatting position, the lower limbs of the blood vessels and nerves are compressed, can lead to temporary lower limb blood circulation is not good, and the symptoms of leg numbness. Most people will squat for a while the phenomenon of numbness of the legs, which is a normal physiological response, usually get up and move for a while can be relieved.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) lumbar intervertebral disc herniation: squatting for a while leg numbness may be lumbar spine lesions, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation compression of the sciatic nerve, resulting in squatting for a while leg numbness, but also accompanied by lower extremity radiating pain.
(2) Spinal stenosis: this disease will also appear the phenomenon of nerve compression, resulting in numbness of the limbs, weakness, lower back and leg pain and other symptoms.
(3) Piriformis syndrome: patients with this disease will irritate or compress the sciatic nerve because of the injury to the piriformis muscle, resulting in the symptoms of numbness of the leg after squatting for a while.
If the physiological factors are excluded, the patient should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause and treatment.