Holistic approaches to treating restless legs syndrome

I recently had a patient, a 57-year-old man who, every evening at about 7 p.m., started feeling antsy, like he had to move his legs. He said he found it impossible to sit still, and while standing shifted his weight from one foot to the other. His usual routine was to go for a 45-minute race walk in the hours before bed, to help fatigue his legs enough so he can fall asleep more easily. Without the walk, he said he felt restless, waking up after 90 minutes only to use an exercise bike until he…