(RLS) Restless Legs syndrome refers to the condition of patients where they lose the sensation of their legs and suffer huge pain on the lower limbs. Usually, it happens right before their sleep, they feel like they can’t move their lower limbs. The National Institute of Health completed research on this matter and they found that almost 10 percent of Americans are currently dealing with this problem
To eliminate this problem,
researchers and specialists found that appropriate bodywork is one of the best approaches. Now here in this article, the team of massagerhouse.com is going to
show you some bodywork tips that will help you to get relieved from RLS.
Symptoms of RLS
Though the symptoms might be
different from a person to person, we are going to list some common symptoms
that most people experience.
Irritation
Most of the time leg sensations will
irritate you, the pain will make you uncomfortable gradually. Basically, most
of the people feel the sensation in their calf area, some experience on feet,
upper leg, even on hands and arms.
Time
Variables & Position
Usually, the pain tends to increase
when a person is lying or sitting in a position. The pain escalates basically
in the evening & night time.
Visible
movement
The person who suffers from this
problem when sits or lies down, the jerking or movement of their toes or feet
can be captured by others.
Tends to
move frequently
A person with Restless Legs Syndrome frequently tends to move because it gives them a little bit of comfort and relief from the pain for a while.
RLS Causes
In most of the cases, the causes or
the etiology is unknown but most of the time the problem occurs because of high
caffeine consumption and family history. Even sometimes it could be a secondary
problem brought by another problem.
Chronic
Disease
If a person already suffered from
Kidney disease, Diabetes mellitus, Parkinson’s disease, & rheumatoid arthritis, then there is a high
possibility that the same person could suffer from RLS.
Pregnancy
Most of the pregnant women
experience the RLS problem in their last month of pregnancy. That might occur
because of iron deficiency.
Iron
deficiency
If your blood suffers from lack of
iron then it won’t let your muscle rest.
Side effects
of drugs
Some certain medicine/drugs could
trigger you to Restless Legs Syndrome.
Bodywork tips to eliminate RLS
Massage therapy is one of the best
ways to eliminate RLS problems. When you decide to do bodywork for RLS, then
the basic rule is to concentrate on the lower part of the body. Read the below section to get some basic
tips.
1. Before starting any treatment or
bodywork for RLS, the person should consult with a physician and take approval.
2. Try to release the piriformis muscle
that helps to develop the Restless Legs syndrome.
3. The more you are able to increase
the circulation of your hamstring are the faster you will relieve from this
Restless Legs Syndrome.
4. When doing body exercise keep it in
your mind that having a deep rest may increase the RLS.
5. There are some popular bodywork
techniques that help a person tremendously who suffers from RLS are
Trigger-point therapy, Sports massage, deep tissue massage, Myofascial release,
etc.
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