When you lie in bed or sit comfortably in a chair, do your leg muscles hurt, burn, or tingle? If so, it could be restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Dr. Marina
What does it look like?
Symptoms of the syndrome most often occur in the evening and at night, when a person is most relaxed. Therefore, RLS is often the cause of problems with sleep.
The symptoms include:
- An inexplicable need to move your legs when you sit or lie down
- Tingling or burning sensations in your muscles
- Pulling pains when you try to hold your legs still
- Spastic involuntary twitching of the leg muscles
RLS pain usually occurs deep in the calf muscles and less frequently in the feet or posterior surface of the thigh. The symptoms are typically symmetrical, but there are cases where only one leg is affected.
Where does it come from?
In more than half of cases, the disease occurs for no apparent reason. The first symptoms appear in adolescence and are most ofte...
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