Restless Legs Syndrome Relief (RLS) - Ask Doctor Jo

To help relieve restless legs syndrome symptoms, start off by massaging, foam rolling, or using a rolling stick to relax the large muscles in your legs like your quads, hamstrings, and calf muscles.

Once you have massaged them out, you can stretch all of these muscles as well with a stretch strap, dog leash, or belt.

Some exercises like ankle pumps and bridges help work the muscles to fatigued them out. This should help calm them down as well.

Finally, the child’s pose is a great stretch for the whole body, and can really help you calm everything back down before you go to sleep.

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[fatimaal-junaid]

I spent 19 yrs to just know this annoying feeling had a name!
science is amazing..

[windsofmarchjourneyperrytr]

I turn more at night that a rotisserie chicken at Costco

[rosechen]

thank you for this!! I can never get to sleep at night, it's like my mind is wanting desperately to fall asleep but my legs just don't. This is definitely helping!

[SlashiiYashii]

5 in the morning in New Zealand. I've been in bed for about 5 hours now on and off sleep because of my legs. I knew I had restless legs but I never knew I could do these simple techniques to comfort them. Thank you!!!

[yasmine]

i’ve had this since I was little and it’s quite literally excruciating it’s uncomfortable and painful it flares up if I walk a bunch or if I stretch my ankles out too far. usually I get relief if I relax my legs and lay down with them bent at a 90 degree angle but it’s genuinely so bad im sobbing rn

[bubbab]

Went to bed randomly one night after a long road trip, and felt just like this. After a lot of research, I tried your stretches, and they worked! You are a lifesaver. God bless.

[edimyld.calvadores]

I've experienced this for months and after discovering this remedies, I can now sleep without my legs feeling restless. Simple stretches and exercises can really help. Just be patient!

[happinessandlove]

I cant sleep at night just bcz of this

[GrumpyGarry]

Good video, I have had restless legs focused mainly in my knees but also sometimes my elbows. It comes and goes in waves, I can go 2 months without a flair up but when it starts it can be 3 nights or 14 nights. I am 51 now and have had this since a child, I can remember long car journeys with the family, after 1/2 a hour I was kicking the back of my fathers seat. Stretching before bedtime is a must when I am suffering, I read that hot baths before bed help but makes me worse. I have some skin cooling sports gel for inflammations I use when it gets bad. Usually at 2.30 in the am. This is a truly cruel affliction as I am sure all of you will agree.

[SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

I love how you explain techniques throughly and say where/how it should feel. That is unbelievably helpful and so appreciated!

[mikeechin]

So grateful i found your video! I've been sleeping peacefully for 4 days now. You are a life saver! ❤️

[JaniceCap]

Hello all.. I have found that my RLS begins after I have been laying down for a while. I have to force myself, because of the terrible discomfort & jumping feeling that is going on in my leg(s), to get out of bed and do these exercises. NOW, I will start doing them BEFORE I even lay down. I have also found relief with a heating pad, usually I like to use that after I do the stretches. They are terrible and the more we know, the more relief we have a chance of finding. There are a lot of very reliable health websites that also offer great help, like Dr. Jo does. Best wishes for all of you suffering with RLS.

[leemyers]

trying to explain RLS to someone who has never had it is hard work, my doctor told me to go for a run, thanks doc I’ll go for a jog at 3 am 🙄, this vid helped that you

[pkjs]

Thank you for this, helped a bunch, had hella annoying sensations in my legs but by doing these stretches everyday it’s gone ! Thank you

[ashradeo]

ive developed this out of nowhere, it is challenging and scary. but you and we can do this, get them hands and start a movin

[rosenajia]

This is the most useful restless leg video among them all here on Youtube. Practical, helpful, natural, focused! Thank you Dr. Jo!

[chemistforchristfr]

Dear Doctor Jo, I should have written this comment a while ago but often we forget to say thank you. So after years of struggling with restless legs...it got so bad that I had to go jogging at 2 am I finally found your video (other videos weren't really helping). At first I did all the excercises but then realized that I can reduce them to the stretch with the rope. (I took an ordinary rope you can buy everywhere, important to wear slippers otherwise your feet hurt). After pulling each leg for 30 seconds twice I am since 6 months restless legs free. I never thought that a solution could be this easy. If I forget doing the excercise I often feel again discomfort and so I get out of bed and quickly do my excercises. So again thank you. (I also realized that riding the bike to work helps improve RLS).

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I was having the worst case of RLS I've ever had in my life and as soon as I clicked on your video and started flowing your instructions, my whole body starting feeling better! Thank you so much for your help.

[donkeykong]

This video is 3 yrs old so you probably wont see this comment, but thank you so much; I don’t think I can be grateful enough. Two nights ago I was at my wits end, crying cause I couldn’t sleep no matter how hard I tried, but after finding your video last night I was skeptical of all the positive comments, but still tried the stretches it actually worked!! I still felt a bit tingling in the leg, but it was very small compared to what I was experiencing for the last week and was able to sleep!! ❤