Sore legs can not sleep may be excessive exercise, osteoarthritis, lumbar spine disease and other causes, can be treated through massage, drugs, surgery and other methods.
1. Excessive exercise: If patients exercise more during the day, the legs accumulate too much lactic acid can not be decomposed in a timely manner, there may be leg pain and sleeplessness. At this time, patients should pay attention to avoid excessive exercise, hot water before going to bed to soak their feet, but also can take local massage, hot compresses and other methods to improve the symptoms.
2. Osteoarthritis: mostly cause joint swelling, pain, hyperplasia of the bone will also stimulate the surrounding ligaments, joint capsule, resulting in edema of the leg tissues, restricting joint activity, may lead to the emergence of leg pain and sleeplessness. At this time, patients should pay attention to moderate exercise, but also under the guidance of the doctor to use indomethacin, glucosamine and other treatment.
3. Lumbar spine disease: such as lumbar disc herniation, may lead to sciatic nerve compression, which may lead to leg pain and sleeplessness. At this time, patients should pay attention to rest, can follow the doctor’s instructions to use ibuprofen, indomethacin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment, if the symptoms are more serious, you can also take the surgical method of treatment, such as endoscopic nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc removing operation.
If the patient has a sore leg and can not sleep, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or standardized treatment.