Squatting for a few minutes makes your feet go numb, what’s going on?

Squatting for a few minutes feet numbness may be due to physiological phenomena, sciatic neuritis, pear-shaped muscle syndrome and other reasons. 1. Physiological phenomenon: when squatting, the popliteal fossa blood vessels and nerves continue to be compressed, nerve ischemia will lead to conduction dysfunction, which can appear squatting a few minutes of numbness of the feet phenomenon. This is a normal phenomenon, generally after the activity can disappear by itself. 2. Sciatica: a kind of clinical syndrome caused by compression of nerve roots along the sciatic nerve pathway, from the lumbosacral region through the buttocks to the lower limbs radiating to the calves and even ankles burning, cutting pain, numbness and other clinical syndromes. It may be caused by lumbar disc herniation, infection, etc., and the phenomenon of numbness of the feet after a few minutes of squatting may occur. 3. Piriformis syndrome: a syndrome in which the sciatic nerve is compressed in the buttocks, which may be caused by trauma, drug injection, chronic strain, etc. Patients may have sensory disturbances. Patients can appear sensory impairment, which can cause skin sensory numbness symptoms, can appear squatting a few minutes on the feet numb phenomenon. Squatting for a few minutes feet numbness may also be caused by other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, to avoid delaying the condition.