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Respite from restless legs
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You could try topical preparations containing horse chestnut gel, which can be gently massaged into your legs - even a body lotion might help if you have nothing else to hand.
It may take a month or two for supplements to show benefits and, in the meantime, acupuncture and magnetic therapy are worth trying. A magnetic field helps to open up circulation through tiny blood vessels and stimulate blood flow.
Although restless legs is not normally thought of as due to a food sensitivity, a few people have found that their restless legs improve when they avoid foods to which they are intolerant. This intolerance, shown by a raised level of IgG antibodies against a particular food, can be checked with an ELISA immune test, which requires a small pinprick sample of blood.
The FoodScan test is available through Lloyds pharmacies, and from Home on Health.
You could try topical preparations containing horse chestnut gel, which can be gently massaged into your legs - even a body lotion might help if you have nothing else to hand.
It may take a month or two for supplements to show benefits and, in the meantime, acupuncture and magnetic therapy are worth trying. A magnetic field helps to open up circulation through tiny blood vessels and stimulate blood flow.
Although restless legs is not normally thought of as due to a food sensitivity, a few people have found that their restless legs improve when they avoid foods to which they are intolerant. This intolerance, shown by a raised level of IgG antibodies against a particular food, can be checked with an ELISA immune test, which requires a small pinprick sample of blood.
The FoodScan test is available through Lloyds pharmacies, and from Home on Health.
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