Can RLS begin because of injury to your knee(s)?
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:34 am
I hyper-extended both of my knees about 7 years ago and tore the ACL in both of them. I underwent ACL reconstruction in the left, and it is doing relatively great. The right one never saw any surgery and still gives me some problems to this day. I some times feel the need/urge to move my legs quite frequently or change leg positions while sleeping. A pillow between the knees and shifting from sleeping on my left side to my right side and back again is quite the norm for me, all just to find comfort in my legs. I almost all the time have a throbbing in my right knee that extends down into my calf that is relieved every time I move my leg around. Walking tends to relieve some pain until they ache from walking. I guess I can term my "pain" more as an "ache" that never goes away, but is temporarily relieved by movement.
Now, I am new to this "RSL"...and have read that it is a brain/neurological disorder. My question is, can it be a result of trauma/injury to an area of the body, such as my knees?
I remember my grandmother sitting and rubbing her legs because, as she would say, "They won't stay still." She called it the "Heeby Jeebies". I also remember her taking an over the counter medicine called "Q-Vel".
Now, I am new to this "RSL"...and have read that it is a brain/neurological disorder. My question is, can it be a result of trauma/injury to an area of the body, such as my knees?
I remember my grandmother sitting and rubbing her legs because, as she would say, "They won't stay still." She called it the "Heeby Jeebies". I also remember her taking an over the counter medicine called "Q-Vel".