Many people experience pain in their legs brought on by exercise such as walking a short distance.
The pain is relieved by a brief period of rest. In medical terms this is called intermittent claudication. People may also experience leg pain from simple muscle cramps but this is most often at rest or after excessive exercise. It is often worse when carrying a burden, walking up a hill or at an accelerated pace. Associated symptoms can include tingling, numbness or coldness of the feet, hair loss on the feet and toes as well a color change of the toes and non-healing open sores of the toes, foot or distal leg.