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Restless legs syndrome. Other names. Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), [ 1 ] Wittmaack–Ekbom syndrome. Sleep pattern of a person with restless legs syndrome (red) compared to a healthy sleep pattern (blue) Specialty. Sleep medicine. Symptoms. Unpleasant feeling in the legs that briefly improves with moving them [ 2 ] Complications.
Research has found that women are more prone to developing restless legs syndrome than men. But the reason why is “largely unknown,” Winter says. There are some theories, though.
Erythromelalgia or Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell) is a rare vascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked (frequently on and off daily), then become hyperemic and inflamed. There is severe burning pain (in the small fiber sensory nerves) and skin ...
Walking, pelvic relaxation techniques, massage, warm baths, muscle relaxant medications. Levator ani syndrome is a condition characterized by burning pain or tenesmus of the rectal or perineal area, [1] caused by spasm of the levator ani muscle. [2][3][4] The genesis of the syndrome is unknown; however, inflammation of the arcus tendon is a ...
Piriformis syndrome is a condition which is believed to result from nerve compression at the sciatic nerve by the piriformis muscle. [2][5] It is a specific case of deep gluteal syndrome. [6] The largest and most bulky nerve in the human body is the sciatic nerve. Starting at its origin it is 2 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick.
Weak muscles can make it more challenging to support the knee, leading to pain, mainly when walking. Joint degeneration : Over time, the cartilage in joints wears down, leading to conditions like ...
Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is a sleep disorder where the patient moves limbs involuntarily and periodically during sleep, and has symptoms or problems related to the movement. PLMD should not be confused with restless legs syndrome (RLS), which is characterized by a voluntary response to an urge to move legs due to discomfort.
Neurogenic claudication (NC), also known as pseudoclaudication, is the most common symptom of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and describes intermittent leg pain from impingement of the nerves emanating from the spinal cord. [1][2] Neurogenic means that the problem originates within the nervous system. Claudication, from Latin claudicare 'to limp ...