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Tweak my dreams to stop leg ache please

Published 13 March 2024

From Susan Williams, Denver, Colorado, US

Here is a commercial application of dream engineering that I would welcome. Many people experience leg cramps at night, incidents where, in the middle of sleep, your leg turns into stone. It is very painful. Dream engineering might be able to implant the suggestion that our legs should remain relaxed during sleep. People would pay good money for this (17 February, p 36).

Issue no. 3482 published 16 March 2024

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