Good for you, Barb. I'm so glad we can share these experiences and information. I can't help myself much with massage, as I have pretty severe arthritis in my hands/fingers/wrists and all the stupid joints! It hurts and I can't use them like that, so I found by trial and error and a lot of pain that if I push down with my heel, toward the bottom of the bed it stretches the entire leg hip/back to bottom of the foot. It also puts the foot and leg in a different position that seems to help. I have several herniated discs in my lumbar, so they sometimes contribute to the problems.

Also, it'll be interesting to see the bloodwork results, to see if your sodium/potassium/magnesium/chloride are out of whack. Bet so....and your doc will help you solve the issues. I take magnesium, potassium-prescriiption. Iron+C as I'm iron deficient. Have adrenal gland hormonal problems that were found to cause the deficiencies and lots of other issues in the body. once those things were diagnosed and treated, things began to even out.

Hope you get good answers, any are good! Then, you know what you're dealing with and can take action to resolve the problems. You'll do this and be on your way to good, peaceful, restful sleep. Blessing, elizabeth