Restless legs syndrome improved with compression devices
Compression devices on both lower legs, used an hour per day, completely relieved the symptoms of Restless Legs in a third of Restless legs Syndrome patients during a recent study from Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Compression devices have long been used to improve blood flow in the legs in order to improve edema and also prevent the development of deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in a vein) in high risk patients.
Using a compression device regularly may be impractical for some because it does require an hour of immobility per day, but most patients have symptoms in the evening when they are relaxing anyway, and this would be an ideal time to use the device.
via “Compression Devices Ease Restless Legs Symptoms” MedPage Today, January 14, 2009
via “Pneumatic Compression Devices Are an Effective Therapy for Restless Legs Syndrome”
Chest, January 2009
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