Inclined Bed Therapy

[Barefoot78]

I've recently started sleeping on an incline to help with night time breathing issues, but in learning

more about IBT, it's claimed to also help with restless legs.

Since my RLS is sporadic, it's too soon for me to tell if it will also help with RLS,

but I am wondering if anyone here sleeps on an incline and whether or not it has helped with RLS.

Thank you.

[ChrisColumbus]

Inclined Bed Therapy advisedly has many benefits:

sleepadvisor.org/inclined-b...

When I used to have seriously bad RLS I used to find that raising my legs as high as possible - usually against a wall - was the only thing that helped. Later we temporarily had an adjustable bed for a few days (after looking after a relative) and sleeping after raising the foot end was heaven!

[Tildabri]

I was getting pain in my lower legs from varicose veins in the early morning, which would then aggravate my RLS. So I raised the foot of my bed significantly and this has largely removed the problem. (I used a big pile of books under each leg, so not very scientific, but it works!) Certainly worth a try, in my view.

[Barefoot78 in reply to Tildabri]

thanks for the report, both problems were removed or only the varicose vein issue?

[Tildabri in reply to Barefoot78]

Neither was actually removed: Occasionally I still wake up with discomfort in one leg from the vein problem (not painful, as before), but just flexing my lower leg muscles removes this quickly. The RLS remains as a general issue, but is not triggered by the vein discomfort now. My feeling overall is that raising the foot of the bed has been positive for me. The other thing that has certainly helped the combination of varicose veins and RLS is the use of compression socks (during the day) prescribed by my doctor.

[Jumpey]

Yes I do but it has never improved my RLS.

[Weezie99]

Barefoot: Same here. Doesn't work for me either.

[Eryl]

Night time breathing issues and RLS can both be the results of systemic inflammation caused by foods, especially carbs and refined seed oils. Morning stuffines can be the result of fungi growing in old pillows.