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Hip replacement and RLS

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I had an interesting conversation with a friend last week, who used to suffer from restless legs. Since having a hip replacement times two she no longer suffers from restless legs.

I had an interesting conversation with a friend last week, who used to suffer from restless legs. Since having hip replacements she no longer suffers from restless legs.

I have no idea what this means but just thought I’d share it as it might be of interest

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I wonder if it was due to nerve entrapment that was relieved?

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