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Finding the cause can be difficult as it can come from problems with the bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, or vascular system. Pain in the back of the knee, called the popliteal fossa ...

Rarely, pressure on this artery from the calf muscles can cause pain during movement. Without treatment, it may cause serious problems with blood circulation. Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome ...

The front part of the lower legs or calf muscles are usually ... complaining of activity-related leg pain. Numbness in the foot is more likely to indicate popliteal artery entrapment than chronic ...

usually owing to an aberrant course of the gastrocnemius muscle. The syndrome most often occurs in young men and should be considered in people presenting with exertional calf pain or paresthesias.

PAES occurs when the popliteal artery, which is behind the knee and supplies blood to the lower leg, is compressed by a muscle in the calf, resulting in reduced blood flow and pain during exercise.

Some people, especially young female athletes, can accidentally trap their popliteal artery. Young people whose legs are growing can develop calf muscles so large that they compress the popliteal ...

it’s typically because of microscopic tears in your muscle fibers that can lead to inflammation and pain, said Laura Richardson, an exercise physiologist at the University of Michigan School of ...