Anyone tried PRM ( Positional Release Manipulation) ?

[Gannet]

NHS reports positive results for RLS sufferers from a 2011 trial carried out by Manchester University. Has anyone checked it out or better still, has anyone confirmed the results of the trial and found the technique to be beneficial ?

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Can you say where you saw this....I would like to read about it....I think, i have seen this before, but not sure its the same thing... If its the one i am thinking of, it was a small trial and needs a bigger one to get better results on whether it is helpful for RLS..

[Gannet in reply to Hidden]

Hi Elisse,

this is the site I saw it on

nhs.uk/Conditions/Restless-...

I have asked a Physiotherapist that I know for her views and will post a Blog when I hear from her. Better than winning the Lotto if we could all do without the drugs !! Hopefully there is light at the end of the tunnel !

[daisyw in reply to Gannet]

Read this and found it very interesting and am going to try the tip toe, lowering the heels tonight. wish me luck

[Hidden in reply to daisyw]

I do this one when I am at my wits end. I walk on tip toes

I stand and do the tip toe to the heel.. It works 60% of

the time for me.

[Gannet in reply to Hidden]

Back again Elisse, the link did not copy across very well. If you look at the "treatment" section for RLS on the NHS site you will find the small mention about it. I then followed up with a Google search where you can all the details of the trial.

Hope this helps

Cheers,

[Gannet in reply to Gannet]

Hi Elisse, I'm more than surprised to have ony received interest from yourself on this subject. I thought people would be jumping up and down with excitement at the prospect of perhaps being able to dispense with drugs altogether !!

I spoke with a Physiotherapist friend but unfortunately she tells me that this technique would be outside the remit of Physiotherapy. It's probably Osteopathic but I don't know anyone in that field.

PS I have posted a Q on the NHS site asking if any sufferers have followed up on this trial.

Did you make any progress ?

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I think that there was someone on this site, who's name i have forgotten, who actually had the manipulation. Cant remember what the outcome was, but i know he sent in info on where it could be done, it was way out of my location to get to, so i didnt follow it up.

[nightdancer]

The study you are referrring to used only 20 patients over 6 weeks, so very small and short trial. It may or may not help. Who knows? but, a small study like that when there are millions of RLS sufferers really does not tell us that much. I had to google past the artcile you listed to get the pdf file for the study. anything that is only 6 wks long with that small amount of RLSer's, and some were non-RLSer's, gives a place to start, but that is it. Same with drug trials. not enough people, and they usually only last 12 wks, and as we all know problems can pop up anytime. so, these people could have been having a quiet period of RLs, which happens a LOT. 6 wks is barely enough time to establish any pattern at all. Just know this from what I have studied.

[nightdancer in reply to nightdancer]

brighton.ac.uk/ncor/osteo_r... This is the PDF file of the study.

[Gannet in reply to nightdancer]

Link comes up as an error Nighdancer !

[Gannet in reply to nightdancer]

Many thanks Nightdancer and I agree that such a short and limited trial has to be treated as just a "trial" but I do think that the fact that the NHS deemed the result worthy of a mention on their site should give us hope that this could be a "runner"

[rlsandibs]

I have had positional release treatment this afternoon, for the first time. I shall let you know how it evolves.

[Palamino in reply to rlsandibs]

Hi how did your pet go in thinkin of doing it myself ?

[Palamino in reply to rlsandibs]

Any news on the prt therapy. I would think if it worked u would be letting all is sufferers of Rls know and even if it didn't let us know that to please 😊