Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Thank you for your helpful information! I am going to talk to my Pain Management Doctor who put in the last stimulator and see if he is willing to research RLS and stimulator. He needs to do research about where the placement of the leads would have be and anything else connected with RLS and the st...

I have had a Medtronic Neurostimulator for the pain of failed back surgeries for the past 10 years. When the last one was replaced due to the batteries being depleted, I discussed my Restless Legs with the Tech from the company that made the unit and asked about using it to help control the Restless...

I have tried to use the foot wraps off and on for the past year and they were not effective for me either. No qucik fix here!!!

Does anyone have venous insuffuciency and lymphedema and have to wear compression stockings everyday? And... have to use a pump at least once a day to help control the swelling of the lymphedema? If so,does it put so much pressure on your legs that it causes the RLS to begin it's torture? Do you hav...

I have had 4 surgeries due to Venous Insufficiency in my legs and my RLS has NOT improved at all. But, the surgeries were not done to help improve my RLS but to help the blood flow in my legs. My Vascuar problems are hereditary, my mother had the same ones and she also had RLS...now I do and unfortu...