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What is RSL ? If you have scoliosis with a 45dig bend how will the device help ?

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RLS is Restless Leg Syndrome, plaguing about 7% of the population, mostly men, however, I am just "lucky" I have it. It is generally genetic, as I believe my mom had it. It is a creepy sensation that your legs move when lying still, and at night. It keeps many people up, robbing them of their sleep. They feel it is a lack of dopamine in the brain, and you cannot settle the legs down when resting. I have tried many medications, and nothing worked. The Mayo sleep specialist doctor said I had PLMD (another acronym) which I knew all along, but the doctors didn't believe in it. Periodic Limb Movement Disorder. A leg or both legs have spastic "jerks" when lying still, unprovoked. She recommended buprenorphine with nalox, and magic: the best sleep I have seen in over 30 years.
If you have scoliosis at that severe of a bend, I don't think so, but consult with a neurosurgeon, one that has performed 100's of the surgeries. I interviewed three doctors, one from Mayo, and took the doctor who is an expert. It was worth a try, and possibly the battery or something occurred to the device, for it not to counter the pain traveling to the brain.