Difficulty sleeping at night with sore legs requires a choice of treatment based on the cause, with common causes including strenuous exercise, lumbar spine disorders, venous thrombosis in the lower extremities, and restless leg syndrome. According to the need to choose rest, medication, physical therapy, surgery and so on.
1. Strenuous exercise: due to less exercise in general, short-time strenuous exercise causes too much local lactic acid decomposition, you can increase blood circulation and accelerate lactic acid metabolism by resting, soaking feet in hot water, local massage, etc., which can alleviate the soreness and promote sleep.
2. Lumbar spine diseases: such as lumbar disc herniation, compression of nerves caused by lumbar and leg pain, timely orthopedic consultation, according to the condition of the choice of conservative treatment (acupuncture, acupressure, oral medication as prescribed by the doctor, celecoxib, etc.) or surgical treatment (nucleus pulposus removal surgery, open surgery).
3. Varicose veins of lower limbs: Varicose veins of lower limb blood vessels lead to blood stagnation in the lower limbs bilaterally, causing soreness and distension, which can be treated by wearing elastic cotton, taking oral medication (warfarin, etc.) as prescribed by the doctor or surgery.
4. Restless legs syndrome: hot water foot soak, limb massage and moderate exercise.
There may be other reasons why it is difficult to sleep at night due to sore legs. When symptoms occur, it is important to look for the cause of the disease in time and go to the hospital for treatment, early detection and early diagnosis. Blind self-medication should be avoided.