Pain on the leg when pressed may be caused by trauma, lower extremity vascular disease and other factors.
1. Trauma: Trauma to the leg may cause structural damage to the muscle, bone and other tissues, resulting in symptoms of pain when pressed on the leg, such as smashed muscles in the calf area, which will cause congestion and edema in the calf muscle area, resulting in the symptoms mentioned above; tibiofibular fracture caused by indirect violence injury to the calf, which will result in localized swelling, pain or even deformity, restricted movement and other manifestations.
2. Lower extremity vascular disease: Lower extremity venous insufficiency or damaged vein wall and other factors may lead to lower extremity vascular disease, resulting in lower extremity venous vascular pressure increase, increased permeability of the vessel wall, and vascular contents free to the tissue interstitial space, which may also cause swelling and pain in the leg, such as varicose veins of the lower extremity, lower extremity DVT, and so on.
The symptoms of pain when pressed on the leg alone sometimes can not accurately determine the cause, but also need to be combined with the characteristics of the medical history, other test results in order to make an accurate judgment, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to clarify the cause of the disease and standardize the treatment.