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I was told by a sports med doctor that it is caused by oxygen depletion to the muscles and the body's response by supplying large amounts of Adrenalin in order to dilate the veins and arteries to increase blood flow. It is the Adrenalin that gives us the pins and needles feeling.

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... because whilst you exercise blood rushes to your foot and your foot is the bottom part of your body and the blood hasn't been circulated fully so which is probably why those areas may become cold.

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