Gracie, the part we found condescening was the "stick it in your mouth like poor Ralphie" part. We agree wholeheartedly that people should seek professional medical advice first. Since that seems to not have worked yet for the original poster, we thought this was a worthwhile suggestion, since it has definitely worked for us, farfetched or not.

I would get RLS occassionally when I was running and training a lot. Sports DOC told me to drink some Gatorade every day. RLS went away.

OH! Thank you for clarifying. Always enjoy your posts.

We enjoy yours very much as well. We move into our new home in St. Charles 2 weeks from today, and look forward to meeting you and more of the TOTV folks at Crispers in the future. :a040:

Bill and Sue

I've read your posts in the past and I knew something had to be wrong with what I was reading. Now I know what it was. I'm used to quotes being segregated in it's own frame whereas you quoted it withing the body of your post causing me to misunderstand because I missed you had quote marks around the part you were responding to! Sorry, my bad for missing the quotes! Anyway, I'm glad we're on the same page now, or should I say measure like all good musicians should be. (keyboard here - strictly amateur) :laugh:

Our welcome mat is always out. So happy for you!!!

Skyguy, we'll have to get together and play sometime! Do you sit in with any of the various clubs?

Yep. It's crazy but it works.
 

I have unfortunately broken bones in both of my wrists (luckily, at different times) over the last five years. One of the worst parts of the recovery process was at night when all was quiet and I would notice that my arm was hurting, mainly because it was impossible to find a comfortable position for it. My friend in Louisiana told me about the bar of soap. I use curved bars of soap so I put one in a knee high thin sock, cupped my hand around the bar of soap and sock, and wrapped the sock around my wrist to hold it all in place. It's amazing! It works! I don't care if it is psychological; I didn't need to take drugs and it wasn't a replacement for any medical care.

I also have restless legs if I have spent a large amount of my day on my feet. I'll try the soap again and let you know what the outcome is.

Sent you a PM.

What harm can happen if you try the bar of soap? It's not like trying a drug, and you won't experience side effects. I tried it as stupid as I thought it sounded and it worked for me. How stupid does sticking needles into your body sound (acupunture) yet it is now a days accepted by most everyone.

I, too, wonder if a bar of soap could work, but also feel it's something that will cause no harm if tried.

We're traveling right now and the hotel we're in has some fragrant soap bars. A body gets pretty tense riding all day, maybe that soap will help achy muscles and the rls that shows up every once in a while...;)

I have Restless LS, and my doctor connected the syndrome with narcolepsy and/or sleep apnea. Having been diagnosed after testing at a sleep clinic, I now have a sleep apnea breathing machine, as well as RLS script. The combination works well. I personally realized that some of the symptoms are worse when I fully embrace all TV has to offer, ie, 3 games of golf in two days, bowling in a league, daily yoga, and Walk Away the Pounds was a tad "over doing things" As my dad used to say "all things in moderation".... :)

Sounds like it could be a placebo effect. Nothing wrong with that except placebos usually don't work long term. Placebos often work even when the person knows it's a placebo. How neat is that? I think they should start selling placebos over-the-counter in the pharmacy section.

An inlaw had restless leg syndrome so bad that it caused her husband to get up and leave, due to lack of sleep on his part. She kept kicking him during the night.

Her doctor prescribed a medication which is normally used to treat Parkinson's Disease. He also told her she was "anemic" and needed iron rich foods.

Another friend was told to wrap her legs in warm fleece blankets at night.
That actually worked for her without drugs.

Apparently, her legs were cramping from the cold temperatures.

Another friend went the accupuncture route and that also worked for her.

Apparently, RLS is very common after menopause. Overdoing it with exercise and sports can make it worse in some people........not all.

The magnesium suggestion is a great one........that also does work.

Tinkerbelle

Inflammation is believed to be a key factor when it comes to Restless Legs Syndrome. A new study was published in the

January 14, 2012 issue of "Sleep Medicine Review Journal" that supports this theory:
http://www.rlcure.com/rls_study.pdf

You can view the results of other related scientific studies and learn about some helpful solutions here:
An Absolute Cure for Restless Legs Syndrome

A blog for RLS sufferers with helpful tips can be found here:
The Restless Legs Blog (or how I tried to convince Big Pharma that my legs are better)


Hope this helps!


David