Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

For everything and anything else not covered in the other RLS sections.
Post Reply
Greensea
Posts: 15
Joined: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:31 am

Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by Greensea »

Sometimes, after the nth time of being jerked out of a light sleep, I really want to beat up on my legs. I don't usually, but last night I did start hitting them in frustration.

Polar Bear
Moderator
Posts: 8799
Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:34 pm
Location: United Kingdom

Re: Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by Polar Bear »

Absolutely...... I knead my legs, rub them, pinch them, massage them, use my knuckles to hammer them, and punch them.
But they don't listen :)
Betty
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/a ... 0/fulltext
Opinions presented by Discussion Board Moderators are personal in nature and do not, in any way, represent the opinion of the RLS Foundation

Yankiwi
Posts: 548
Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:20 am
Location: West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

Re: Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by Yankiwi »

Polar Bear wrote:Absolutely...... I knead my legs, rub them, pinch them, massage them, use my knuckles to hammer them, and punch them.
But they don't listen :)


Exactly, that's why I call mine "stupid legs".

ViewsAskew
Moderator
Posts: 16571
Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:37 am
Location: Los Angeles

Re: Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by ViewsAskew »

My whole family DOES beat on them! It's kind of funny to see several of us all beating on our thighs at the same time :-).

I usually do it in the evening when I am relaxing and I just do NOT want to get active and walk around. t night in bed, I do it sometimes, but am more likely to do various leg exercises.
Ann - Take what you need, leave the rest

Managing Your RLS

Opinions presented by Discussion Board Moderators are personal in nature and do not, in any way, represent the opinion of the RLS Foundation, and are not medical advice.

tea4one
Posts: 59
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:43 pm

Re: Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by tea4one »

I often use my fist to pound on my lower legs, usually along the shin. Its good to know I'm not the only one!

Mister_Ed
Posts: 18
Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:24 am

Re: Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by Mister_Ed »

I pound my arms to knock the RLS out. Then my wife and I were at a party and we started doing the old Jackie Gleason bit about "knocking her to the moon." Then a lady spotted my very bruised arm and put 2 and 2 together and got 5. She called the local police thinking I was being abused by my wife!

After getting a good chuckle out of being interviewed, we did invite her over and thanked her for her concern. Simply put....that shows you how much I hit my arms in frustration.

Ed

Rustsmith
Moderator
Posts: 6476
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:31 pm
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Re: Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by Rustsmith »

That is one of the more humorous RLS stories that I have heard in quite a while, although I suspect that being interviewed by the police may not have been very funny when it was happening.
Steve

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/a ... 0/fulltext
Opinions presented by Discussion Board Moderators are personal in nature and do not, in any way, represent the opinion of the RLS Foundation, and are not medical advice.

chuas2
Posts: 55
Joined: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:14 pm

Re: Do you ever just want to pound on your legs?

Post by chuas2 »

Abso*****lutely! I have RLS in my left side/arm, and I hammer away (doesn't help). I would cut my arm off, but then I'd probably get "phantom" RLS!!?

Post Reply