Staying active is usually a good thing. But the motivation to move goes to unwelcome extremes for people with restless legs syndrome. The condition can cause throbbing, pulling or creeping sensations in the legs along with a powerful need to move around for relief. The feelings can range from uncomfortable to agonizing.
“People with this condition feel they just absolutely have to move their legs. Their legs feel uncomfortable or even painful unless they move them,” says Dr. Richard P. Allen, an expert on restless legs syndrome at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. “When it’s extreme, patients with this condition can be sitting—in a meeting, in a conversation, watching TV—and they have to keep moving their legs, which could be very disturbing to themselves and to other people.”
To read the original article: Can’t Curb the Urge to Move? - NIH News in Health, October 2012
