Earthing for RLS?

Dr. David Cox · Post by **Dr. David Cox** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:27 pm

One of my patients with RLS has asked about "Earthing", ameans of gounding yourself to the earth while sleeping. Has anyone heard about this or tried it for RLS?

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:51 pm

Someone posted about it - a bed maybe?. His mother or aunt got a bed and she loved it. No one else has talked about it, though, to my knowledge.

Ann

sardsy75 · Post by **sardsy75** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:06 am

Just to clarify your quesion Dr Cox, is your patient referring to "Grounding/Earthing Out" in the spiritual/meditative sense?

If so, please reply and I'll give you some more information.

David Cox · Post by **David Cox** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:10 pm

Thank you for your reply. In answer to your question - NO. This patient is referring to a literal grounding to the earth, via a conductive mattress pad which is grounded to the earth via a wire attached to a steel spike driven into the gound.

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:47 pm

David, here is a link to the post that was made a couple of months ago:

http://www.restlesslegs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=844

It was definitely about a bed being grounded. But it is the only one I've heard of and the person hasn't been back to give another update. Could be this is the same person you know!

Ann