Running is an effective way to lose or maintain body weight, bolster your cardiovascular fitness and give your legs an excellent workout. Because it is an intense form of exercise, you can expect a given level of soreness and fatigue in your quads, hamstrings and calves.
For some runners, however, the legs go numb when they are running. This can result from either a gradual process or a sudden one and may be related to either a blood-flow issue or a neurological disturbance.
小腿解剖学
The main muscles of the lower leg are the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the calf, which extend the foot at the ankle, and the tibialis anterior of the shin, which flexes the foot. The tibial nerve, a branch of the sciatic nerve, innervates all of these muscles.
对小腿的血液供应来自后胫骨动脉，吞咽动脉的分支，又源自股动脉膝关节;前胫骨动脉提供胫骨。
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Interruption of blood flow to your lower leg —周边血管疾病— can cause pain, tingling and numbness. All of these occur more frequently and strongly while you are running because of the increased oxygen demands of the calf and shin muscles under such conditions.
麻木的直接原因是动脉硬化或动脉硬化。动脉硬化的危险因素包括高血压，高胆固醇，糖尿病和其他类型的血管疾病。请记住，即使您经常跑步，您也必须照顾您的整体循环健康。
胫骨神经损伤
Numbness in your lower leg during running may result from pressure on a spinal nerve root or some other location away from the shin and calves. Another cause, however, is direct damage to the tibial nerve. This type of injury is called a neuropathy and is most often caused by a blow to the back of the knee or the upper calf.
The tibial nerve can also be compressed in thetarsal tunnel, leading to numbness. It may also occur as a consequence of diabetes and other diseases that cause pathology across the whole nervous system. If the numbness does not go away on its own or comes back frequently, especially when pain is also present, seek medical help.
坐骨神经痛or Nerve Root Irritation
The sciatic nerve is a long, high-diameter nerve that gives off branches to the skin and muscles in the front and back of your upper and lower legs. It courses from the lumbosacral spine through the buttocks muscles and down the thigh into the shin and calf, giving off various branches along the way.
坐骨神经痛refers not to a disease per se but to pain or numbness as a result of impingement of a muscle or other structure on the nerve, usually near its origin. It sometimes goes away on its own but you may need ice, physical therapy and steroid injections to get you back on the roads, track and trails.
Lower leg numbness can also be caused by pinching of a nerve as it exits the spine — commonly referred to as spinal nerve compression. This condition in the low back, known as腰椎神经根病, can make legs go numb while running. While your symptoms might all be in your lower leg, this condition originates in the lumbar spine in your lower back.
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