My legs have been shaking. Is it restless?

Generally speaking, some people shake their legs like sewing machines as soon as they sit down. Some shaking legs may be a habit, and some may be pathological shaking legs, also known as shaking legs syndrome. So, about shaking your legs, you should also pay attention to distinguish what causes shaking your legs.

What is the reason for shaking your legs?

Too focused

When people are too focused, they feel nervous. Especially sitting for a long time, or because of too much concentration, will lead to slow blood flow in the body and stiff muscles. At this time, in order to relax the body muscles and promote blood circulation, people can't help shaking their legs. At this time, shaking legs can not only promote the blood circulation of the body, but also relieve the stress and mood of the body.

Stimulant stimulation

Caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and other substances can make people feel excited. When you eat a lot of these substances, people will easily shake their legs. So people who like smoking, drinking or drinking coffee often shake their legs.

Shaking our legs is just one of our unconscious little gestures, such as this little gesture, which is sometimes habitual and formed by the body in order to concentrate or relieve the pressure of the body. There are also habitual biting fingers and turning pens. These are all normal phenomena. But shaking your legs, sometimes it may be some pathological reasons, so you need to pay attention.

I can't help it Always want to shake your legs. Maybe it's illness.

restless leg syndrome

This is a nervous system disease, and its main symptom is an uncontrollable desire to shake your legs, which often happens when you sleep at night. This is caused by nervous system diseases and abnormal dopamine metabolism caused by iron deficiency in the body. And "restless leg syndrome" will not only lead to the influence of shaking legs when sleeping, but also lead to migraine and wake up often at night.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

This condition is actually a kind of deficit hyperactivity disorder. Such patients often can't calm down and have a lot of small moves. This kind of person is born with obstacles and can't calm down. This often happens to children, so if parents find that children have this uncontrollable behavior, it is best to take it for examination.

Cerebellar tremor

As we all know, the human cerebellum is a brain structure used to control body behavior. If the cerebellum is damaged due to stroke or alcoholism, it will also lead to cerebellar tremor and involuntary leg shaking, which also needs attention.