RLS or Inelastic Tendon Syndrome?
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:29 pm
I had RLS as a teen and 'grew out of it'. Maybe all the sports and active lifestyle kept it at bay for decades.
My low back problems started as a teen and I was diagnosed with degenerative disk disease and/or osteo arthritis in my 20s, but stayed active and did what I could to manage the conditions. Through my 40s tendonitis affected both my arms: hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders, to the point of decreased functionality, which increasingly pointed to permanent disability and/or surgery.
I've tried countless remedies for both my spine and arms over the decades without success. A friend (speaking for her mom who had a clinic dealing with mobility issues) suggested some alterations to the stretches I had been using for years to manage body ache.
Her advice, coupled with what I learned about tendons and inflammation, made me wonder if a system wide tendon inelasticity was my culprit. RLS and tendon issues run in my family too. So far I've only come across tendon inelasticity in Brown's Syndrome, where eye movement is restricted.
For years I've been working to elongate the tendons in my legs and arms, wondering if it was connected to my low back and knee pain, and elbow, wrist and hand discomfort. In the process, RLS resurfaced in my feet, legs, low back, and arms.
Over the last few years I further tweaked my friend's instruction and my spine is cured. My pelvis is no longer tilted because tendons have been stretched out between my heels and pelvis. I no longer get cramps in my feet or searing pain in my neck when I make the wrong movement.
After many attempts to translate what I learned from my legs/back, I found a successful elongation technique that doesn't strain the arms while trying to stretch them, as most exercises and stretches tend to do. Gone is the almost permanent dull ache and fatigue that affected the joints throughout, possibly due to joint compression from short tendons.
It made me wonder if RLS is tension in the tendons, always at the end of their dynamic range, due to genetics and/or inactivity? My family doctor, who has seen my issues since I was a teen thinks I might be onto something.
Is this something specific to my body or is inelasticity responsible for a wider range of body aches, given that a serious diagnosis of degenerative disk disease and/or osteoarthritis could disappear after decades.
I'd like to hear from the community if any of this sounds familiar.
My low back problems started as a teen and I was diagnosed with degenerative disk disease and/or osteo arthritis in my 20s, but stayed active and did what I could to manage the conditions. Through my 40s tendonitis affected both my arms: hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders, to the point of decreased functionality, which increasingly pointed to permanent disability and/or surgery.
I've tried countless remedies for both my spine and arms over the decades without success. A friend (speaking for her mom who had a clinic dealing with mobility issues) suggested some alterations to the stretches I had been using for years to manage body ache.
Her advice, coupled with what I learned about tendons and inflammation, made me wonder if a system wide tendon inelasticity was my culprit. RLS and tendon issues run in my family too. So far I've only come across tendon inelasticity in Brown's Syndrome, where eye movement is restricted.
For years I've been working to elongate the tendons in my legs and arms, wondering if it was connected to my low back and knee pain, and elbow, wrist and hand discomfort. In the process, RLS resurfaced in my feet, legs, low back, and arms.
Over the last few years I further tweaked my friend's instruction and my spine is cured. My pelvis is no longer tilted because tendons have been stretched out between my heels and pelvis. I no longer get cramps in my feet or searing pain in my neck when I make the wrong movement.
After many attempts to translate what I learned from my legs/back, I found a successful elongation technique that doesn't strain the arms while trying to stretch them, as most exercises and stretches tend to do. Gone is the almost permanent dull ache and fatigue that affected the joints throughout, possibly due to joint compression from short tendons.
It made me wonder if RLS is tension in the tendons, always at the end of their dynamic range, due to genetics and/or inactivity? My family doctor, who has seen my issues since I was a teen thinks I might be onto something.
Is this something specific to my body or is inelasticity responsible for a wider range of body aches, given that a serious diagnosis of degenerative disk disease and/or osteoarthritis could disappear after decades.
I'd like to hear from the community if any of this sounds familiar.