Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I've been thinking that this really may be helpful for people who also have neuropathy. The Vicks may resolve the neuropathic pain. I get a bit of neuropathy once in awhile and I find that it will always make my WED worse. Always. So, resolving it could easily impact the WED positively.

Robin says the foot-arch relex circuit is uniquely human, but researchers have created/bred dogs, mice, and fruit flies that appear to have RLS. So if the foot-arch reflex has something to do with it, it is probaly involved in only some RLS/WED patients, while others (eg. polar bear, for whom the Vicks did not work) have issues somewhere else in the neural circuits -- - spinal cord, brain stem, wherever.

ViewsAskew wrote:Some other people have used Icy-hot, which I think works similarly.

Tried it and it worked. I'm going to keep doing it and see if it continues. Tired of throwing my hips and back out from my legs wanting to fly every where

My husband uses it around his toes to heal fungus. It works. Healed his feet, then keeps it away.

I read that about the man who rubbed the insoles of his wife's feet. I rub mine with generic Vicks, put on socks, then rub theragesic on my calves, being sure to massage the lower legs. I wear leg warmers. that usually stops the RLS so I can go to sleep for 2 or 3 hours.