Heating pad and some stretches of the legs while lying in bed,maybe prop your feet up on some pillows.

I live with this problem, it is exhausting and very painful. I am constantly trying to relieve the pain by stretching my legs and feet until they make a loud cracking sound...I worry that it cannot be good doing this longterm for my joints but my Rheumy says it is a build up of air and cracking them won't do any harm. I take Trazadone at night, this is a sleeper, muscle relaxant and antidepressant all in one, without this medication sleep would be impossible. Though I find it exhausting, I try to have a hot bath daily. I use hot water bottles on various parts of my body for pain relief. I wear at least 2 pairs of socks to bed. Hope you get some relief soon! Take care :-)

My pain has always been worse in the evening, but as of late I have started getting real bad pain in my legs in the evening. It's kind of a burning pain. I think this is caused by the neuropathy type pain rather than the muscle pain we get. I take Neurontin to help this but lately it hasn't done much good at night.

I have same thing. Pain increases in bed or maybe we are now just more aware of it? I too keep moving my legs, trying to get comfortable with sore ankle joints, balls of my feet get hot and so on lol. I take 1000 mg of Magnesium at night before bed, this helps relax my muscles, it is worst without it.

I tend to now just ignore it and go to sleep. Im sorry i havent an answer for you that can make it better, except try the magnesium for trial time of one month. : )

Is the pain worse in your legs if you have been more physically active?

The only reason I ask is that I have a lot of leg pain if I do even an inch more than I should...I have to tuck pillows around my legs, sometimes a shower helps me (I can't or I would take a bath)...I use heat to try & alleviate the pain...

I also try to stretch my legs, prop them up, change positions frequently and emit noises of general frustration...hugs!

thank you so much for posting this, and thanks to the people who responded. I never thought to start a post on this, even though I've had it bad for a long time.

At first I thought it was not getting enough exercise. But that didn't correlate. Then I thought it was too much, but staying in bed longer didn't help.

I always wake up with this, even though I don't usually go to bed with it. I wake up in the middle of the night. All I've ever done is take OTC painkiller and used heat creams. But I'm really in the dark about what to do, too.

My legs are the same and more painful when I'm laying down. The worse pain for me is in my ankles, all the time. Do not take anything, yet for the pain, but thing I will need to go to the doctors soon.

wow im not alone...my legs, ankles,feet and knees are a nightmare (litrally lol )at night...im on alot of pain killers but nothing seems to help ..i also take zopiclone 7.5mg but the pain over takes the sleep ..but ive just dicovered a spray called biofreeze its a natural product and although it is temporary relief its enough to let the sleeper kick in and gives me about 4 hours good sleep...its natural so doesnt interfere with any prescription meds...hope this helps