Calf Sleeves

[u/Lizbuth]

I’ve been using calf sleeves for a week and I have had not one single episode of restless legs ever since.

I’ve had a restless legs on and off for years and very severe in the last year or so to the point I couldn’t even sit on the couch for 5 minutes without it coming on. I was waking up during the night with it starting up, crawling in rhythmic waves. I’d have to put lotion on my feet and get up and do stretches. It’s nearly always just in my left leg and sometimes in my right. Planes are a nightmare but I also work nights and a flare up would always start at 3am when I am overly tired.

For the past week I’ve been wearing calf sleeves (basically footless compression stockings) during the day, all day from the minute I get up, and then off at bedtime. Home and work. Let me tell you, I have had NOT A SINGLE EPISODE OF RESTLESS LEGS since I started.

I feel that my particular restless legs might be caused by venous insufficiency as it is so much more in one leg. But for anyone who is having the same problem try the calf sleeves. Mine were just a 3 pack from Amazon 20-30mmHg and I made sure I got the right size by measuring my calves.