THE NON DRUG MUSCULOSKELETAL APPROACH

More that 80% of sufferers can be cured using a simple and gentle, but carefully targeted, manipulation of the lower back.

This revolutionary technique was discovered by a British doctor who had trained as an Osteopath at the London College of Osteopathy. He spent most of his working life in Canada where he developed and refined this approach.

He realised that a mechanical disturbance at the lowermost level of the spine led to spinal irritability at that level (as new research now confirms). This in turn is associated with muscle tensions and imbalances around the spine and pelvis. The body cannot find a position of relaxation, and is constantly hunting for a position of ease – hence the restless legs. The muscle tension sets up inappropriate signals which are then transmitted through the spinal cord to the brain.

The muscle tension can be corrected, and these inappropriate signals switched off, simply and painlessly over a few sessions, providing lasting relief for the vast majority of sufferers. A small pilot study showed that 90% of patients lost their restless legs in 4 sessions. Plans are underway for a much larger trial and further research.

The doctor who discovered this technique taught it when he retired to a small group of medically qualified doctors who are all specialists in Musculoskeletal Medicine and who all trained at the London College of Osteopathic Medicine, and I trained with him.