It’s 2 a.m. and you can’t sleep. Your RLS is driving you crazy again. What can you do right now to cope and quickly calm your 
restless legs so you can get back to sleep? New studies now show that almost 15% of the US population suffer from restless leg syndrome. If these symptoms are starting to become a regular occurrence for you, and you are tired of dealing with it, this guide should be helpful in showing you how to calm restless legs quickly.
Options to Calming RLS
Diet is Critical to Calm RLS Symptoms
Being aware of the food and substances that you are putting into your body is probably one of the most important things that you can do in order to reduce your restless leg syndrome. There are many foods and substances that have a tendency to cause a flare up of your restless leg symptoms. Download our free guidebook on the list of trigger foods and look into the Paleo and FODMAP diets. These diets tend to be highly effective at helping reduce and even eliminate RLS symptoms. Some of the main foods to avoid consuming are sugar and salt in high quantities. These 2 foods tend to be among the biggest triggers which cause RLS symptoms to flare up.
What Can I Do Right Now?
Yes, it’s 2 a.m. what can you do right now in order to calm your restless legs? Here are a few helpful things that you can do immediately in order to calm your legs.
Acupressure: The “GB20” Point – Without going too deep into the science of it, acupressure is a way to get the body to reset itself in order to function in a more balanced state. Applying gentle pressure or massage to this point will alleviate the factors that cause the body to twitch, spasm and jitter. It is a well known point for alleviating symptoms of RLS. Have someone massage these points for 10 minutes, or you can massage them yourself and give your body the reset it needs.
Stretch & Move
The first thing that you should do when you are trying to calm restless legs is to learn how to move around more often and to 
massage your legs. Some things that you can do include stretches right before you go to bed. Flex out your ankles and give your calf muscles a good stretch so that they do not become too tight right before you fall asleep. Also, giving your calf muscle a good massage will help calm restless legs and also relax the whole body.
Wrap Your Legs with Gentle Pressure
Many of our customers have reported temporary success to calming their restless legs by wrapping them up tightly so that there is gentle pressure. Some have used bandages and others have used a heavy blanket over the top of their legs so that there is some sense of weight and pressure. For some reason, this seems to help in certain circumstances.
Tonic Water for Restless Legs
Another popular quick fix for restless legs is to drink a glass of tonic water. It’s believed that there are properties within the tonic water that help to alleviate Restless Leg symptoms.
Avoid Caffeine and Chocolate
It is never a good idea for you to consume very much caffeine if you are trying to calm restless legs. Some things that may be helpful to try giving up for a short period include: sodas, energy drinks, chocolate, and coffee. Just limiting the amount of caffeine that is in your body can do wonders for the amount of times that you are feeling the symptoms of restless leg syndrome.
Don’t Overdo It
While it is important for you to make sure that you are active, you need to make sure that you are not overdoing the whole process. If you go to the gym every day and work your muscles to exhaustion, you are much more likely to develop the symptoms of restless leg syndrome that night compared if you are exercising at a moderate level (3x per week average). Try to complete about the same amount of daily activities in order to not aggravate the restless leg syndrome.
Take a Proven RLS Supplement
Often one of the best things that you are able to do for your restless leg syndrome is to take a supplement that is designed for RLS sufferers and will help control your nervous system. One great mineral that has been known to calm restless legs is called magnesium malate which can be found in Seratame for restless legs. The next time that you are looking to get some peace from your RLS, reach for this supplement and find out how effective it can be.
Another great addition to magnesium malate is Valerian root, which is a medicinal herb native to Europe and Northern Asia, and is known to be a natural relaxant because of its ability to depress the central nervous system, relax and sedate smooth muscle tissue, relieve insomnia, improve quality of sleep and reduce the time needed to fall asleep.
Scientists have found evidence to support that Valerian has the ability reduce the sensitivity of some of the nerves in the limbs to reduce jerking and twitching that accompany RLS. Valerian is considered a safe herb because it is not addictive, has no negative side-effects, and does not leave one feeling tired and disoriented in the morning, like many sleep aids do.
Avoid Alcohol
Some people choose to drink alcohol when they have restless leg syndrome because they believe that it will help them to fall asleep at night. While alcohol can temporarily put you to sleep, it will often wake you back up in the middle of the night, forcing you to deal with even worse symptoms of restless leg syndrome in the process.
Just following some of these guidelines, you can assist your body in correcting itself in order to calm your restless legs symptoms. The body is an incredible and complex organism that has its own built-in auto-correct mechanism. When given the right environment it requires, it can heal even some of the most difficult conditions it faces.
Resources
http://www.helpguide.org/life/restless_leg_syndrome_rls.htm
http://www.webmd.com/brain/restless-legs-syndrome/features/restless-legs-syndrome-and-lifestyle