Numbness of the soles of the feet suggests that the body is asking for help is not true. Numbness of the soles of the feet may be due to a long time to maintain a standing position, walking too much due to physiological factors, may also be due to diabetic foot, lumbar disc herniation and other diseases. 1. Physiological factors: usually patients keep standing position for a long time or walk too much in the case, the foot blood circulation is blocked, often lead to patients with symptoms of numbness of the soles of the feet, is a normal physiological phenomenon. 2. Diabetic foot: this disease is one of the serious chronic complications of diabetes, mostly due to diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic vasculopathy, infection, trauma and other causes, but also with gender, age, smoking and other factors. Patients often appear foot pain, numbness, skin temperature reduction and other symptoms, which can be manifested as numbness of the soles of the feet, some patients can be accompanied by ulcers, necrosis and so on. 3. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation: mainly related to disc degeneration, injury, lumbar spine development abnormality, and also related to long-term work, heavy physical exertion and other factors. Lumbar pain, sciatica, numbness of the lower limbs and other symptoms often occur, which can also be manifested as numbness of the soles of the feet. In severe cases, radiating pain or numbness of the lower limbs will be aggravated when walking, which may be manifested as intermittent claudication. Numbness of the soles of the feet can also be caused by other diseases, such as ankle tube syndrome. It is recommended that patients with symptoms of numbness of the soles of the feet, timely exclusion of physiological factors. If it is caused by disease, you need to actively seek medical treatment.