Causes of neck pain include: 1  Abnormalities in the bone or joints. 2  Trauma. 3  Poor posture.  Degenerative 1  diseases. Tumors.  Muscle strain.
1 Repetitive, excessive sports, especially in the form on running, can lead to trauma that creates leg pain - E.G: shin splints and stress fractures. 2  Leg pain with an underlying medical cause may be nerve-related, musculoskeletal or vascular.  Some forms of leg pain resolve with self-help care.
Inflammation of the knee and ankle joints may also be perceived as leg pains and these may be caused by osteoarthritis or gout. Less common causes of leg pain include infection of the bone (osteomyelitis), infection of soft tissues (cellulitis), benign tumors (osteoma), and cancer (osteosarcoma).