Golf & WED/RLS
Golf & WED/RLS
I'm a keen golfer & play 2 or 3 times a week - yes, I'm retired! I've noticed that the RLS is much worse in the evenings after I've played golf than the days that I don't. I need to take about 50% more medication (mirapexin) than I would normally. Why should this be? Given that RLS is supposed to be caused by a deficiency in the brain, why should exercise make any difference? Has any one else experienced this?
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Re: Golf & WED/RLS
Yes, exercise is known to be either a help or a hindrence to WED/RLS.
Too much, and it can worsen symptoms.
A happy medium is optimum for helping symptoms and hopefully sleep.
However, you have to work out what is your own happy medium.
Too much, and it can worsen symptoms.
A happy medium is optimum for helping symptoms and hopefully sleep.
However, you have to work out what is your own happy medium.
Betty
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Re: Golf & WED/RLS
Some of us find that exercise doesn't do a darn thing one way or the other. But, many of us, as Polar Bear said, find there is the Goldilocks middle ground. If we get regular, moderate aerobic exercise, we're better. If we exercise occasionally - instead of regularly - we often suffer that night. Always has been that way for me.
When I start working out regularly after an absence from it, I find that it take about 1 to 2 weeks for me to acclimate. When I do, I have less WED overall.
Weird stuff, isn't this disease?
When I start working out regularly after an absence from it, I find that it take about 1 to 2 weeks for me to acclimate. When I do, I have less WED overall.
Weird stuff, isn't this disease?
Ann - Take what you need, leave the rest
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Re: Golf & WED/RLS
As PB says, exercise is a factor that has proven to trigger WED in many.
However, this one is an individual thing. For some, any significant exercise at all is a problem. For a few, exercise is not a problem - as illustrated be the fact that I am preparing to try to win my age group in a race later this morning.
The problem for you is figuring where you are on this spectrum. Usually, moderate exercise (like walking during the middle of the night ) is not a problem and strenuous exercise is all that needs to be avoided.
However, this one is an individual thing. For some, any significant exercise at all is a problem. For a few, exercise is not a problem - as illustrated be the fact that I am preparing to try to win my age group in a race later this morning.
The problem for you is figuring where you are on this spectrum. Usually, moderate exercise (like walking during the middle of the night ) is not a problem and strenuous exercise is all that needs to be avoided.
Steve
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Re: Golf & WED/RLS
Thanks to everyone that posted a reply. I showed the replies to my wife who said, why don't you give up golf - to which I replied, maybe I should play 36 holes instead of 18.
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Re: Golf & WED/RLS
nfmiller wrote:Thanks to everyone that posted a reply. I showed the replies to my wife who said, why don't you give up golf - to which I replied, maybe I should play 36 holes instead of 18.
Or play everyday instead of just a few times a week.
Ann - Take what you need, leave the rest
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