In most Spanish speaking countries, this is just a slang term for âinsect.â In Puerto Rico, on the other hand, it means âdick.â You can imagine the giggles that follow someone saying âme pican los bichosâ (The bugs/dicks are biting me) in Puerto Rico.
1 Arthritis affecting leg joints can cause stabbing leg pain which is chronic in nature. 2  It is accompanied by inflammation and stiffness of the joint. 3  Baker's Cyst. 4  In this condition, the knee joint fluid gets accumulated at the back of the knee and pain can be felt at the back side of the leg.
Pain in the legs can occur as a result of conditions that affect bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, nerves, or skin. Typically, the pain is a result of tissue inflammation that is caused by injury or disease.Either injury or chronic disease can cause inflammation to any of the tissues of the leg and lead to leg pain.iabetic neuropathy (nerve damage) is a common cause of tingling and numbness in the legs that can at times be painful. For diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is important to differentiate the exact type and location of any pain in the legs. Blood clots (deep vein thrombosis) can be another cause of leg pain.