What causes your leg to fall asleep

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2016
  • We often hold poor blood circulation responsible for the painful tingling when our leg falls asleep. But that is just not true. Here is the actual reason for the pins and needles that we feel on our legs.
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  • @Youngling_Boi_66
    @Youngling_Boi_66 5 лет назад +1016

    Who watch this while ur foot is sleeping?

    • @gamingbeastatfortnite5786
      @gamingbeastatfortnite5786 3 года назад +2

      Youngling Boi 66 me

    • @agees924
      @agees924 3 года назад +22

      It was. My leg fell asleep in class and I got up to quickly and then I tripped twice. I’m so embarrassed!!!

    • @Nixquasar
      @Nixquasar 3 года назад

      Me cries

    • @dinonuggets7254
      @dinonuggets7254 3 года назад +1

      Yes 😂😂

    • @kkocsis197
      @kkocsis197 3 года назад

      @@gamingbeastatfortnite5786 me too

  • @gracesubba9042
    @gracesubba9042 3 года назад +211

    I start to laugh bc it’s ticklish but then i start to cry at the same time bc it’s painful...

    • @PataMuncher
      @PataMuncher 2 года назад +23

      It’s not painful, just weird and uncomfortable

    • @treydavison3407
      @treydavison3407 2 года назад +8

      @@PataMuncher sometimes it's painful

    • @PataMuncher
      @PataMuncher 2 года назад +5

      @@treydavison3407
      Damnn, I never experienced that

    • @killz1358
      @killz1358 2 года назад +4

      @@PataMuncher same, it doesn’t hurt and I dont feel pain but it does give me an annoying uncomfortable feeling

    • @PataMuncher
      @PataMuncher 2 года назад

      @@killz1358
      Yeah 😭😭

  • @iBieberMaids
    @iBieberMaids 6 лет назад +357

    I’m watching this video while my leg is asleep

  • @potatotomato8035
    @potatotomato8035 5 лет назад +113

    Whenever I get up and walk around after my leg has Been sleeping it tickles

  • @vampdzns796
    @vampdzns796 4 года назад +154

    It doesn't feel painful, it just feel ticklish for me

    • @cinder8787
      @cinder8787 3 года назад +4

      Kinda like grenade man getting tickled by clown man's thunder claw

    • @morganmore6
      @morganmore6 2 года назад +2

      I heard vb-12 helps I am on it now

    • @ighways
      @ighways 2 года назад +19

      extremely ticklish, almost painful

    • @eliomarlinares5459
      @eliomarlinares5459 2 года назад +3

      Nah dude sometimes my leg b spazzing

    • @serenity8699
      @serenity8699 2 года назад +2

      same i keep laughing LMAOOOO

  • @plaguey2022
    @plaguey2022 6 лет назад +118

    My leg is asleep while I’m watching

    • @royalehouston1977
      @royalehouston1977 6 лет назад

      Black Scythe right mine is to 😂😂

    • @dominic667
      @dominic667 6 лет назад

      saaaaammeee

    • @esm1515
      @esm1515 5 лет назад

      In the shitter and my leg fell asleep and now I'm watching this 😂😂😂😂

    • @Luconmybloc
      @Luconmybloc 4 года назад

      I'm watching this while my foot is asleep and it hurts really bad

    • @dr2d2
      @dr2d2 4 года назад

      Sams

  • @gamechep
    @gamechep 3 года назад +60

    Wow, amazing. I remember the first time when my foot fell asleep- I was 5 y/o, sitting with my legs crossed for a long time on the ground with my classmates when suddenly my leg felt weird. I called my teacher and quickly told her that it felt like I had stepped on needles; she laughed it off and said everything was fine, and here I was in deep pain (my first time, remember?) thinking if I had said something silly which made her think I was lying...

    • @kennethkelly2471
      @kennethkelly2471 3 года назад +2

      That happened to me to accept when I got up I fell down felt like my leg wasn't there anymore but when it started to wake up that's when I felt the weird feelings in my leg

    • @Meral5als
      @Meral5als 2 года назад +1

      Same actually I was sleeping then I wake up I feel I don’t have a leg I don’t know why this happens all the time this happens to me when I was a teen

  • @yaj.prod_
    @yaj.prod_ 3 года назад +47

    It’s all fun in games until you hit it hard when it wakes up

  • @prowrasslinfan3400
    @prowrasslinfan3400 7 лет назад +129

    it just feels like vibrations going up and down my leg and it starts to feel heavy if I let it keep happening

    • @khadija4801
      @khadija4801 7 лет назад +1

      prowrasslin fan! I have the smell problem. any solution?

    • @Corvettegirl
      @Corvettegirl 5 лет назад +1

      Its then same exact thing just on a bigger scale..just walk around for a bit it’ll come back.

    • @pukaisparalyzed6181
      @pukaisparalyzed6181 5 лет назад +6

      It feels like to static

    • @doomboyorangeturtle
      @doomboyorangeturtle 5 лет назад +10

      And whenever you press your foot on the ground it all goes bzzzzz

    • @iloylunabellaterrispiky5735
      @iloylunabellaterrispiky5735 5 лет назад +2

      I just put salvia on it lol cause I heard that helps and it kinda does for me not really tho lol

  • @rayevans9276
    @rayevans9276 3 года назад +26

    the pins and needles part is one of the most uncomfortable feelings ever, really can’t explain just how uncomfortable

  • @sohoboy506
    @sohoboy506 2 года назад +10

    Thanks for ending on that wonderful note of “you could suffer from nerve damage”

  • @thomassmith356
    @thomassmith356 5 лет назад +146

    lol am I the only one who thinks the “pins and needles” feel good?

    • @cadenferris1441
      @cadenferris1441 5 лет назад +14

      bro it fells epic sauce

    • @liahoslama
      @liahoslama 4 года назад +21

      i love it when my foot falls asleep it feels like a weird, but good massage

    • @elios-0001
      @elios-0001 4 года назад +1

      HELL YES

    • @fredrechid593
      @fredrechid593 4 года назад +5

      Your just high man

    • @antionettelawrence9864
      @antionettelawrence9864 4 года назад +4

      Well it hurts while it’s happening but afterwards I just want it to happen again

  • @myrah3198
    @myrah3198 3 года назад +10

    Am I the only one who searched this while crying in pain 😂 AhHHhHhH

  • @verenice7475
    @verenice7475 3 года назад +6

    I once woke up to find that my hand was completely numb ,it felt terrifying and I was swaying it around trying to move it from confusion and shock

  • @dest9143
    @dest9143 3 года назад +23

    I've tried walking when both of my legs were asleep, it felt like I was wobbling around and my knee down was entirely numb, I fell a few times and I could barely move my legs (I was sitting so much that it actually started hurting so thats why I got up)

    • @malikabbas2239
      @malikabbas2239 2 года назад +4

      The same happened to me last night 🌙 it was awful tbh because I stood up so fast I injured my foot apparently your not supposed to stand up immediately

  • @Alex-zb2pj
    @Alex-zb2pj 3 года назад +1

    This video and the graphics were exactly what I was looking for

  • @hailemenelik
    @hailemenelik 4 месяца назад

    The explanation I needed

  • @hadizabihi8128
    @hadizabihi8128 2 года назад

    So helpful

  • @Maakeys
    @Maakeys 2 года назад +3

    I'm such a baby, when my leg wakes up I try not to cry lmao

  • @zahrashirmomhamadid4845
    @zahrashirmomhamadid4845 6 лет назад +17

    my leg is sleeping

  • @llle2761
    @llle2761 3 года назад

    Thanks

  • @walterwhite6210
    @walterwhite6210 3 года назад +8

    it feels pretty good but painful, like when I did it too much. I never felt so much intense pain and couldn’t move, after a few minutes you feel a shock.

  • @glen4757
    @glen4757 4 года назад +6

    I absolutely hate how at school we’re forced to sit in those positions, because I already know and expect what’s going to happen if I even sit like that for 3-5 minutes.. It sucks because right after we get up I’m not able to stand or walk properly, if I sit on the floor my legs have to be straight if not they’ll start to fall asleep..

    • @middleastreacts1067
      @middleastreacts1067 9 месяцев назад +1

      I have the exact same problem I barely walked today and held my classmates hand in order to not fell on the ground 😭any solution for this problem???

  • @peepeepoopoo638
    @peepeepoopoo638 6 лет назад +11

    This just happen to me

    • @yesi_army461
      @yesi_army461 5 лет назад

      still got no jams ~ayeee I think I just found an ARMY

  • @user-jh2rs1jv4u
    @user-jh2rs1jv4u 5 лет назад +3

    *watches while foot falls asleep

  • @desertsandfly2277
    @desertsandfly2277 2 года назад +1

    It's a weird sensation. It doesn't feel painful but at the same time it does.

  • @Realistic316
    @Realistic316 2 года назад +1

    it also DOES have something to do with blood…. blood gives nutrients to those nerves…. and you’ll notice that when you stand back up, you will actually feel the blood flowing back down into your legs.

  • @lilyglenn3779
    @lilyglenn3779 3 года назад

    the tingles don’t hurt, they just make me laugh cause I feel like i’m being tickled, lol

  • @yarely7652
    @yarely7652 3 года назад +2

    Yes or when I sit on my leg or sleeping at night

  • @faithmcdowell9004
    @faithmcdowell9004 6 лет назад +3

    Dang

  • @willietan5774
    @willietan5774 4 года назад

    Hi what happen if leg start sleeping when moving a short distsnce,thanks.

  • @ZenTheRando
    @ZenTheRando 3 года назад

    my leg after i sat for to long:
    *now its time to get f u n k y*

  • @kiarahernandez5515
    @kiarahernandez5515 7 месяцев назад

    It’s the pins and needles when the circulation is being interrupted but and you let your leg or arm fall completely asleep after the the pins and needles it feels crazy ticklish and paralyzing it’s so weird

  • @jermm2183
    @jermm2183 2 года назад +2

    I often fall asleep on the bus here. Usually my legs are overlapping and my left foot falls asleep multiple times a week. How come there’s a period where my foot feels paralyzed?

  • @MrQuackUhDoodle
    @MrQuackUhDoodle 16 дней назад

    I’m watching this while my feet is like super ….. relaxed

  • @faizanmemon6834
    @faizanmemon6834 11 месяцев назад

    I keep having this issue multiple times, so i came to fine a solution to release the pain immediately but couldn’t find any yet

  • @alexandermedina8883
    @alexandermedina8883 2 года назад +1

    Happened to me first time today, i was so scared bc i thought my leg was paralyzed and when it hit with my hand so hard i felt nothing.

  • @ErdemtugsC
    @ErdemtugsC Год назад

    What emptiness feels like?

  • @deadaccount1476
    @deadaccount1476 5 лет назад +3

    My foot is sleeping rn lol

  • @imlatinoguy
    @imlatinoguy Год назад +1

    I can't go asleep face up because my leg goes numb. One time it was so bad it felt like someone stabbed my leg with a knife.

  • @ujo7899
    @ujo7899 3 года назад

    I have ulnar nerve entrapment I looked it up and I still don't know what to do can someone help?

  • @Bananmedis
    @Bananmedis 3 года назад

    I actually like the pain

  • @missmaria6524
    @missmaria6524 4 года назад +2

    Oh how nice, we have to stay crossed legged for like 2 hours, thats why we have leg problems😂😂

  • @dre2800
    @dre2800 3 года назад

    POV ur on the toilet and ur foot is falling asleep

  • @xem_ity
    @xem_ity 2 года назад +1

    It’s really weird to me, like, I love it when it’s numb, it’s something that rarely happens and it’s intriguing, so there’s no arguing that I like it, but the “pins and needles”?
    I don’t know if I like them or not
    I mean, it’s pretty funny rhat I literally cannot walk, and it doesn’t hurt, but at the same time it does? It’s one of those things that cannot be on a like and dislike spectrum, it can’t be white, black or a shade of gray, it has color or a 3rd dimension or whatever.
    and that confuses my brain

  • @isamumuhammad
    @isamumuhammad Год назад

    I immediately need science explanation after watching Seinfelds

  • @Peb_L
    @Peb_L 3 года назад

    I like the feeling when it happens i touch my palms when it happens

  • @Angel-wc9zh
    @Angel-wc9zh 4 года назад +1

    Who’s watching this in 2020?

  • @haramboi7784
    @haramboi7784 3 года назад

    They feel hella good to me

  • @noaimsadly
    @noaimsadly 2 года назад

    My leg got asleep a few mins ago i was like “Ha, i cant feel my toes” but then i uncrossed my leg and im like
    “is it dead?” then i start to freak out until i felt the tingles and i was relieved

  • @Berny517
    @Berny517 5 лет назад

    Hats the worst feeling I swear I feel so much pain for like a minute straight

  • @SeekTTOfficial590
    @SeekTTOfficial590 Год назад

    it feels some many ants climbing my foot

  • @Bruh-ns3pw
    @Bruh-ns3pw 2 года назад +1

    I woke up at 3 in the morning randomly because my leg fell asleep and because i did't want to get up i tried to shake my leg with my hand and i couldent feel anything in my leg. it felt like i was grabing some one else s leg rather than my own

  • @noahdalentoft8076
    @noahdalentoft8076 2 года назад

    I’ve never felt pain from a sleeping foot

  • @hobbitfan8686
    @hobbitfan8686 3 года назад +1

    A sleeping leg hurts and tickles at the same time!

  • @will5026
    @will5026 5 месяцев назад

    going through this right now AHHHH AHHHHHHHHH

  • @Heyitsgrey8
    @Heyitsgrey8 3 года назад

    It actually hurts now on my bottom foot-

  • @Anat0nyy
    @Anat0nyy 3 года назад

    When I was a little man I thought ants was biting my leg

  • @erectilereptile7383
    @erectilereptile7383 4 года назад +1

    Am I the only one who likes it 😂

  • @pixelgqmer1282
    @pixelgqmer1282 Год назад

    For some reason, whenever my leg falls asleep, my calf becomes soft. Softer than the other one. Is there a reason for that?

  • @blacksmith_162
    @blacksmith_162 3 года назад +1

    It always happens to me when I’m in the bathroom🤦🏼‍♂️😂😂

  • @onlyava62
    @onlyava62 Год назад

    The first time I ever felt this I cried cuz I thought there was bugs all over me, my grandma couldn't stop laughing

  • @boredpancake418
    @boredpancake418 2 года назад

    I don't think it hurts. I like it. It is ticklish

  • @marblelicker
    @marblelicker 2 года назад +1

    My foot feels like a bag of sand

  • @ODSKhari
    @ODSKhari 2 года назад +1

    shit feels like static

  • @Eugenman48
    @Eugenman48 Год назад

    I'm watching this video because I do not know why my leg sometimes feel staticky.

  • @420chuu
    @420chuu Год назад +1

    it’s super painful to me but my boyfriend has told me he likes the feeling and sometimes does it on purpose..

    • @CeeLow53
      @CeeLow53 4 месяца назад

      You should run

  • @neopolitanicecream4871
    @neopolitanicecream4871 2 года назад

    It's less painful for me and morely just
    Extremely odd

  • @tnd4ever1
    @tnd4ever1 3 года назад +1

    When I sleep my leg falls asleep to the point where I can barely move it, is this a problem that could lead to big issues?

  • @TocaBlitz
    @TocaBlitz 2 года назад

    I'm sitting on my legs when I watched this and i got up to get something and *it* happened 😃

  • @mrzmaker2243
    @mrzmaker2243 5 лет назад

    I m watching when my hand is sleepin

  • @WalgreensIsBetterThanCVSAgain
    @WalgreensIsBetterThanCVSAgain Год назад

    It feels like my foot got stuck in an electrical outlet.

  • @fredrechid593
    @fredrechid593 4 года назад

    It’s horrible when your hand just dies

  • @CryptoFishing
    @CryptoFishing Месяц назад +1

    It only happens to me when i sit for too long on toilet

  • @EX-script
    @EX-script 2 года назад

    my leg was dead i was touching my foot and dinndt feel anything And want to cause pain to myself it didn't feel anything

  • @areejutube8284
    @areejutube8284 3 года назад +1

    This happens to me in the toilet

  • @ricardomartinez3573
    @ricardomartinez3573 3 года назад +1

    It tickles with me. Lol

  • @T1Earn
    @T1Earn 4 года назад +3

    But why does it have to hurt while firing back up. Whatever God made us did think of that part?

    • @aquariumapple9616
      @aquariumapple9616 4 года назад +1

      Obviously not he gave are nerves minds of there owns

  • @jaypvisuals7319
    @jaypvisuals7319 Год назад

    Painful? Nhaa

  • @pukaisparalyzed6181
    @pukaisparalyzed6181 5 лет назад +1

    Feet asleep feel like to static

  • @zezkiu372
    @zezkiu372 3 года назад

    I kept it for an hour and whenever i move my feet it tickles and hurts at the same time xd

  • @googoo-rx5qv
    @googoo-rx5qv 4 месяца назад

    it hurts in a way i gotta laugh at it so i dont cry at it

  • @B-Cobra
    @B-Cobra 2 года назад

    My leg is numb

  • @guestb6319
    @guestb6319 3 года назад

    Dude my leg fell so asleep this morning I litteraly couldn't move my foot whatsoever

  • @bassamsy4012
    @bassamsy4012 3 года назад

    It’s make me giggle and laugh when someone touching my legs😭😭

  • @GoofySnoobertWasTakenSomehow
    @GoofySnoobertWasTakenSomehow 2 года назад

    I find my leg/foot falling asleep to be ticklish and not painful at all

  • @pcs4580
    @pcs4580 3 года назад +1

    I’m stuck!

  • @gstar4784
    @gstar4784 Год назад

    Can’t lie I’m watching this on the toilet

  • @gh0styy695
    @gh0styy695 3 года назад

    When I wake up, my hand is always asleep and it hurts

  • @Sacc69
    @Sacc69 2 года назад

    Due to sleeping leg I fall down and my nerves are aching 😢

  • @purplejuiceyt2829
    @purplejuiceyt2829 3 года назад +1

    WTF MY FOOT TICKLES SO MUCH PLS HELP

  • @zezkiu372
    @zezkiu372 3 года назад

    I keep it sleeping on purpose but its stupid

  • @DJ_TK50
    @DJ_TK50 3 года назад

    After I get up while my leg is sleeping and it hurts also my leg is asleep rn

  • @TelyusnRyder
    @TelyusnRyder 3 года назад

    My leg always falls asleep

  • @lalamkay6436
    @lalamkay6436 4 года назад

    I was watching dis cause my brother had the thing

  • @IT-tm8pl
    @IT-tm8pl 2 года назад

    This proves we aren't the physical body

  • @joshreaperrodriguez
    @joshreaperrodriguez 4 года назад

    My leg was sleep 10 minutes ago trying walk i just fell down it was kinda funny I'm glad my floor not tile

  • @stirlingshade
    @stirlingshade Год назад

    Well I'm highly pain resistant so my leg just feels heavy and numb. Also it's nigh impossible to walk on. I still continue like a moron. Waddling like an antarctic penguin balancing her egg between her feet.

  • @rockout762
    @rockout762 4 года назад

    Bruh I feel like I can’t lift up my right left up

  • @GAMAWRLD
    @GAMAWRLD Год назад

    Bruh it’s tingling rn 0:24