Why Do My Legs Feel Heavy and Tired When Walking? And Other FAQs About Vein Care

Chronic venous insufficiency is the root cause of most vein problems that can lead to leg heaviness. Venous insufficiency is a medical condition wherein your vein valves collapse. In healthy veins, the valves act as one-way doors, allowing blood to flow towards the heart but not backward due to gravity. When your vein valves collapse, blood flows backward due to gravity and accumulates in the leg veins, leading to blood circulation problems, leading to leg heaviness and vein problems.

New Jersey Vein Treatment is a group of state-of-the-art vein treatment centers that diagnose and treat the root cause of your vascular conditions. Our vein doctors examine your leg veins, ask about your symptoms, review your medical history, and administer venous ultrasound scans to diagnose underlying vein disease. After a thorough evaluation, they curate a personalized vein treatment plan to alleviate leg heaviness and improve your symptoms.

You can find our state-of-the-art medical centers for vein treatment in Clifton, Paramus, Woodland Park, and Woodbridge. Depending on your location, you can find a highly-skilled, board-certified vein doctor nearby. If you have leg heaviness, leg pain, leg swelling, or other symptoms of vein disease, please schedule an appointment today.

The only way to get rid of leg heaviness is to improve blood circulation and prevent more blood from accumulating in your leg veins. The following lifestyle changes can offer temporary relief from the worst symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency:

• Wear compression stockings regularly
• Engage in cardiovascular exercises, such as running, swimming, and cycling
• Elevate your legs above your heart’s level while sitting down
• Prop your legs up on pillows while sleeping
• Don’t sit or stand still for long periods of time
• Drink lots of water and eat lots of fibers

The aforementioned lifestyle changes won’t treat the root cause of leg heaviness, but they may provide temporary and mild relief. The only way to eliminate leg heaviness and other symptoms of vein disease permanently is through minimally invasive vein treatments in New Jersey, such as radiofrequency ablation, endovenous laser ablation, venaseal, ambulatory phlebectomy, and sclerotherapy. Our vein doctors will diagnose the root cause of your vein problems and curate a personalized vein treatment plan.

The deficiency of potassium in your bloodstream can lead to leg heaviness. Hypokalemia is a medical condition wherein low potassium levels in the bloodstream can lead to constipation, leg heaviness, leg weakness, and frequent leg cramps. Please consult your vein doctor to determine if hypokalemia is the root cause of leg heaviness.

Restless leg syndrome is a medical condition wherein you have an incessant and urgent need to move and shake your legs all the time, especially at night or after long periods of inactivity. Venous insufficiency is one of the root causes of restless leg syndrome — the accumulation of blood in leg veins may lead to the need to move your legs constantly. This condition can also lead to insomnia, exhaustion, and other problems.

You should consult a vein doctor when you notice the first signs and symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency, such as leg heaviness, leg cramps, restless leg syndrome, leg pain, and leg swelling. These symptoms indicate you have mild vein disease, so you should ideally seek treatment before the symptoms worsen. If left untreated, you may eventually develop spider veins, varicose veins, skin discoloration, leg ulcers, and deep vein thrombosis.

New Jersey Vein Treatment is a group of state-of-the-art medical centers for vein treatment in Paramus, Clifton, and Woodland Park. The following are the specific addresses of our vein treatment centers:

• 1117 US-46 Suite 205, Clifton
• 140 NJ-17 #103, Paramus
• 1167 McBride Ave Suite 2, Woodland Park

Please schedule an appointment at your nearest medical center for vein treatment in New Jersey.