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01-09-14, 08:26 AM | |
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DH used to kick in his sleep and injured me on more than one occasion. He went for a sleep study and it turned out that he has a form of sleep apnea. He was fitted for a mouth guard and the flopping stopped. I don't know if that is typical, but it was welcome relief and he noticed that he feels more rested since he has the mouth guard (but he never realized that he had a sleep disorder).
I have also heard that some people have low levels of certain salts which can trigger muscle spasms/kicking. DH's aunt had success with this http://www.schusslersalts.com/wcm/mb...-07/index.html I hope that you find a solution! |
01-09-14, 08:47 AM | |
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I am no expert, but if you're having a lot of daytime sleepiness or trouble sleeping in general, I'd run this past a doctor or sleep clinic first to rule out anything more serious than RLS.
With that out of the way, I am sure the yoga will help if it helps you feel calmer. Here's a list; I would highly recommend the caffeine and sleep steps from it. Some people have luck putting a bar of soap in their beds, which I am sure is a placebo, but who cares why it works (I'm currently reading Mind Over Medicine, a book on this subject). There are various things that can cause sleep kicking and many of them might have a slight uptick in intensity because of exercise and probably a major uptick if you do exercise right before bed (like BFS and hypnic jerks both can.) So if you notice that, you might be able to time your exercise more in the morning to see if that helps. I had (have?) a seizure disorder and have kicked and flailed at people quite a bit in my time and discussed RLS and other limb movements at a support group so I've heard a lot of stories. The big thing I can tell you is not to consciously try not to kick because that's a surefire way to kick (like Dr. Strangelove trying to control his wayward arm.) I also noticed back in the day on certain medications, my legs would automatically kick when I watched active people, like a soccer game on TV. Some people use a magnesium supplement called Natural Calm, which didn't help me, but tastes pretty good.
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01-09-14, 03:25 PM | |
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I don't kick (as far as I know!) but sometimes at the end of the night while in bed trying to fall asleep or watching TV my legs do get restless. I just want to shake them and it drives me crazy.
When it happens I do get out of bed and stretch my calves and hamstrings. It seems to help. I am not certain of the correlation, but it seems to happen after leg intensive workouts for me. My sister says she has this also and she swears that eating a banana every day helps her. I'm not sure. I do eat a lot of bananas, but still have this problem. Also, check out this other thread I found with the "restless leg syndrome" tag. (I'll tag this thread as well.) http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=136557
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