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Suggest Treatment For Restless Leg Syndrome
Is there anything that can help with restless leg syndrome? We ve tried over the counter medication like restfull legs, quinine water and bio-freeze. Nothing works. My husband has had this problem for many years, but its been getting worse. He sleeps for20 minutes and then he wakes up and is awake for most of the night.
Mon, 18 Apr 2016
hi,
thank you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough neuromuscular assessment is needed.
As you mentioned about the restleg pain syndrome it needs a thorough assessment to come closer to the root cause. Post neuromuscular assessment an MRI of lumbar spine is advised to see the nerve impingement as at times the lumbar disc degenerative disc disease is misconducted with Restless leg syndrome. Also an NCV test will help us to understand the nerve functions . since the pain in the legs are the sensory part of the nerve functions and any disturbance in the nerve can lead to abnormal symptoms.
you can try performing physical therapy, as to strengthen the core, pelvic floor, spinal muscles, hip muscles and lower limb as a whole. Performing meditation and breathing exercise will help to add on advantage to the metabolism and immune system.
In my clinical practice I have seen cases with Rest leg syndrome and after an in depth assessment and diagnostic procedures the protocol is planned and helped further to control the symptoms and improve the sleep pattern.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough neuromuscular assessment is needed.
As you mentioned about the restleg pain syndrome it needs a thorough assessment to come closer to the root cause. Post neuromuscular assessment an MRI of lumbar spine is advised to see the nerve impingement as at times the lumbar disc degenerative disc disease is misconducted with Restless leg syndrome. Also an NCV test will help us to understand the nerve functions . since the pain in the legs are the sensory part of the nerve functions and any disturbance in the nerve can lead to abnormal symptoms.
you can try performing physical therapy, as to strengthen the core, pelvic floor, spinal muscles, hip muscles and lower limb as a whole. Performing meditation and breathing exercise will help to add on advantage to the metabolism and immune system.
In my clinical practice I have seen cases with Rest leg syndrome and after an in depth assessment and diagnostic procedures the protocol is planned and helped further to control the symptoms and improve the sleep pattern.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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