Stretching

[silleecharle]

Recently i have been needing to stretch constantly, like when u wake in the morning only this continues throughout the day, i was just wondering if it was another side effect of rls which I suffer all through my body, the urge is overwhelming that I can't settle until I stretch, anyone else suffer this weird feeling

[senileandinsane]

Yes sounds like what I have and regard as mild RLS, I have it like that on good days lol

[Artsy]

Sometimes I find myself stretching my leg muscles in the middle of the night and I can stretch so hard it can hurt. I don't do that all the time but at times and I don't understand that either. I don't do the stretch with my arms just my legs. It always wakes me up when I do and then I go back to sleep.

[senileandinsane in reply to Artsy]

Ha yeh, it really makes you over stretch yourself for relief, I have actually sprained my ankle doing this at night as I bend it in every direction, it's like being a contortionist without the flexible body lol .. I get that day and night, people see me as crazy lol

[johannasuar]

Yeah, I have that sometimes too, I never associated it with RLS though when I think about it, it's like mini RLS attacks, the arms specially. After I stretch a bit it goes away, but I have ti REALLYYYY stretch.

[silleecharle in reply to johannasuar]

I have to stretch from head to toe and I'm sure I'm gonna pull a muscle doin it

[Linda_pink in reply to silleecharle]

Sometimes I give myself cramp stretching. I also get brief relief from having someone pull on my legs. Unfortunately the relief only lasts about 20 mins then I'm back to doing river dance in the bed x