Feet over the side of the bed...
 

When going to bed at night, especially if my feet hurt, I lay either on my stomach or on my back with my legs over the edge of the bed... after an hour or so after dozing off, I can pull them back into the bed and I can really get some good sleep... Does anyone else do this? My neurologist and doctor thought this was a little odd...

I think many of us have tricks to take the pressure off the feet.

Some nerves go around the ankle bone and down to the toes.
Pressure on the heel may compress these if they are already sensitive.

I stick my feet out alot. Also I use a very soft pillow I sometimes put them on in bed. Once you fall asleep, the signals to the brain are not perceived and so eventually you move around and the feet do too. My left foot is much more sensitive than the right.

every night

I have hung my right foot off the side of the bed for as long as I can remember. The weight and heat of the blanket are very irritating. If my foot stays cool, I do ok.

That's because you dont need a prescription to do it.

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Many doctors really have NO CLUE about daily life, pain and discomfort from all the maladies they learn about in school!
And sometimes I think they think patients are making up symptoms etc. Often patients are not believed and are labeled "mental".

They are into observe, label, treat. Since pain is invisible can't observe it, hence it is not "real".

I don't know how often I saw people from the ER, (I worked midnights next door), come in with directions for back pain attacks to use a heating pad ...when ICE is much better in acute stages. The most simple things, doctors are clueless.

Both feet hurt about evenly... I was in a hunting accident in 1999... It left me with nerve damage to the outer left calf and top of the foot... when I started having pains in both feet in 2006, I knew that something else must be going on... now, about 80% of both feet are numb... and the tips of the fingers are starting to feel like they have calluses on them... so, they are starting to head the way my feet are...

I too sleep this way but recently have been having lower back pain and pain in my knees, I think this is because of the angle I am sleeping at so just be careful you dont damage something else.

Not odd at all... not in my book. I lay on my stomach, schooch down to the bottom of the bed and let my feet dangle over the edge. This is the only way I can get to sleep. it really helps. Some time through the night, I will move back up to a more normal sleep position. Now some nights I have to take the ice pack to bed , cool down the feet then schooch...lol. It is interesting to hear all the similar things we do for comfort with this condition.

Sleep well
Donna:)

Hey, what ever works for you! Nobody here is going to laugh, and somebody just may get some relief!

The AC window unit is on my side of the bed and blows directly on my feet, which makes them a little too cold. And after 24 years, switching sides is not an option. On the other hand, like many of you, I can't stand sheets/covers on my feet.

But at the Costco the other day, I was looking at the stack of empty boxes by the checkout and noticed that some of them really just consist of four corners with no sides. So I brought one home and am trying it out as a "tent" frame for the sheets. I know that there are metal contraptions you can buy, but the one of those that someone gave me is not for a deep mattress and wouldn't work. Anyway, this one was free and the only modification I'm thinking of is attaching something soft like foam rubber on the edges.

You made a bed cradle. Great idea!!!!!:D

When I went to Cleveland Clinic pain program we had a class on how to sleep in terms of positions,pillow,etc. I guess it was to help prevent problems from laying weird or relying on body parts. I could not follow the guidelines though cause of my pain. Sometimes it is just about getting through the best you can.Since my condition happened I have slept on my back and don't move. You could put a penny on me and it would be there when I woke. I am stiff as a board. That is if I sleep.
Mrs D I agree with you 100 percent. It is furstrating.