Is leg shaking a disease? It's too late if you don't know about the shaking legs

We always see people shaking their legs in life. Even if they know that it sometimes affects others, they still shake it unconsciously. What happened to them?

Leg shaking is sometimes a disease and sometimes not

There is a medical disease called "restless legs syndrome", whose main symptom is uncontrollable leg shaking, which is similar to our daily leg shaking behavior. However, there is an essential difference between daily leg shaking and this disease. Restless legs syndrome is a neurological disease that is mainly related to abnormal dopamine metabolism and iron deficiency, and has certain genetic factors. Most of the leg shaking behaviors in our daily lives do not fall into the category of diseases, but are just habitual actions.

To distinguish whether leg shaking is "disease-related" or "non-disease-related", the following points should be considered mainly: patients with restless legs syndrome cannot control their leg shaking behavior, and the leg shaking is accompanied by intense pain, burning and other discomforts, and often leg cramps, and this condition often occurs at night. If your leg shaking meets the above criteria, it is best to consult a doctor.

Is shaking healthier? Why not get up and walk?

There is a saying that shaking your legs can increase venous blood return in the legs and prevent blood plaques from forming due to sitting still for too long, which is good for health. This is also the body's stress response measure after humans sit down to combat the poor venous return caused by sitting for a long time.

Sitting for a long time can indeed cause leg numbness. The main reason is that the lower limbs maintain a posture for a long time, which can easily affect the smooth blood circulation and may also compress the sciatic nerve, both of which will have adverse effects on health. In this sense, shaking your legs can slightly move the muscles of your lower limbs, which can avoid leg numbness to a certain extent.

However, the best way to avoid the harm caused by sitting for a long time is to stand up and move around, which is much healthier and more effective than shaking your legs.

Don't expect leg shaking to relieve tension

When the mind is in a state of tension and anxiety for a long time, people will feel "uncomfortable" adapting to this state, and will then react in some way and express it through body language. Shaking your feet is one of the ways. By constantly shaking your legs left and right and up and down, you can promote blood circulation while constantly changing your sitting posture and relaxing your limbs, thereby relieving a tense mood.

At this level, leg shaking is similar to some habitual actions in our lives, such as spinning a pen, snapping fingers, etc. These habits have one common characteristic: they easily form psychological dependence. Once these habits are formed, they are difficult to break. Rather than saying that shaking your legs can relieve anxiety, it is more accurate to say that not shaking your legs will double your anxiety. If it becomes a bad habit that cannot be quit, it will increase the psychological burden.

Be good, try not to shake if you can.

In fact, leg shaking is not a disease in most cases and does not have any particularly serious adverse effects. But it not only forms a psychological dependence, more importantly, in social culture, leg shaking is a very indecent behavior that will cause dissatisfaction among people around you. Therefore, it is best to get rid of this little habit and avoid shaking if possible.