Approximately one in 10 adults suffers
from restless leg syndrome.
A neurological sleep related
movement disorder, which is associated
with unpleasant sensation in the legs
and an uncontrollable overwhelming urge
to move them.
But now there is a revolutionary
drug-free therapy for the treatment of RLS
called Restiffic.
Here to talk about this
innovative product is Sandie Yeaman who
suffers from RLS her husband Paul and
Dr. Daniel Olson who specializes in
podiatric medicine.
Thank you all so much
for being here.
And Sandie you must be thinking finally a drug-free
way, something that is helping me but
before you talk about that, tell me about
what life was like before.
Life with restless
legs is miserable.
It absolutely controls every aspect of
your life, from your waking moment in the
morning, till you try to go to sleep at
night.
It is, just exactly how you
explained it, it's uncontrollable, you
absolutely have to move your legs.
We couldn't go to church, we
couldn't go to visit our grandchildren, we
couldn't, I couldn't be in the car for any
length of time.
I'd be, "stop the car I got to get out,
I got to stretch my legs" and you know
you could move them but it starts all
over again.
When I was pregnant, I had
restless leg syndrome for just a few
months and for me it was really tough
at night and it was hard to sleep.
Was it the same for you?
Absolutely, I didn't sleep, you just can't.
I would be awake all hours of the night
or maybe I do a little catnap and then I
I'd wake up because my legs were restless again.
I had difficulty
sleeping in the same bed with my husband.
He had a he put a pillow down between us
because I'd moved my legs and I'd be
kicking him and I'd be all over the bed.
Paul in an effort to help your wife you
searched the internet and your persistence really paid off.
I found Restiffic foot wraps on the
Internet.
There was a drug free possible
treatment for restless legs.
She was very skeptical about it but it
doesn't involve drugs and she took so
many different drugs, they basically just
didn't really solve the problem.
She couldn't sleep at night.
She catnap during the daytime, she was
always in a lesser good mood.
She just didn't really have energy to do
things that she wanted to do.
She's great outside gardening and stuff.
Didn't have the energy to do it.
These were Restiffic foot wraps, changed her
life and in doing so changed my life as
well.
Sandie was a skeptic, Dr. Olson, I'm
sure you deal with a lot of people who
feel the same way that she did.
Now tell me how it works.
Restiffic is an FDA cleared medical device
that's a foot wrap, that applies pressure
to the foot when someone's at rest.
Like when they're reading a book, or
watching TV, or of course trying to go to sleep.
That's a great point.
You know I couldn't read a
book before but you know when I put
these on, they're very comfortable,
they're easy to put on.
You know I can do
it, Paul sometimes helps me put them on
and they actually feel good.
And I hear that from my patients who,
you know suffer for so long and the
medicines often don't work or they have
severe side effects.
So they're just looking for
some alternative treatment.
It should be
noted that, you don't use them while
you're walking around it is a sedentary
device.
So it's not just for bedtime
either, you could wear them while reading
a book, watching television you know that
nature.
That's a great point.
I wore them on the airplane.
I had just
a touch of restless leg and I could
feel it coming on and I pulled him out
of my purse, because I carry them with me.
And aren't you glad you had them?
Absolutely!
And I put him on the airplane and they
were gone I took them off before we
landed.
That's great, what a quick fix and
you said you need a prescription.
So you can get these at any pharmacy?
Any traditional pharmacy of course
but again also online.
Go to Restiffic.com but
again you need that prescription, so it's
important for the physicians out there
to understand we finally have something
for a restless leg syndrome that is drug
free.
It's very safe and very effective.
And you two are doing so much more now.
Tell me how life has changed.
Well we're able to travel.
You know we go to see our
grandkids, we've traveled a bit now, we actually went to a
movie for the first time.
We've gone to the
movie before but I could never sit still
through it.
I'd be up and I'd be standing
in the back of the theater and so you know I just quit
going but now you know we went and
actually sat through the whole movie.
That was great.
It's life-changing for me
as her caregiver and for anyone out
there that is it, whose mother, whose wife,
whose husband, whose son or daughter
that's suffers from it, they go through with them.
I mean it's agonizing to see them in
pain like that and when this came along
these Restiffics changed her life
and my life as well.
Even our dogs are
happy (Laughter) because you know of course they
like to sit in our lay in my lap and
they couldn't, they would be up there for
a moment and as soon as my legs would
take on a life of their own they'd be
gone.
Yep under the couch.
Well thank you
guys so much for coming and for sharing
your expertise and for sharing your
story.
Oh thank you for having us.
Your Welcome.
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