The use of compression hosiery

In our time, working in the office computer, we often conduct a sedentary lifestyle. Coming home from work, we move a little, trying to hurry to relax watching TV or on the couch with an interesting book. But this lifestyle destroys our body and the person, without knowing it, gradually becomes disabled. That's when we remember about a healthy lifestyle, but too late. So can we do to help in this situation?

Why the need for compression hosiery

When sedentary lifestyle affects the muscles, including the muscles of the blood vessels (veins), they lose their tone and can not have an active contract and relax at the right time. Vienna often are in a relaxed state, and thus the blood flowing from the organs and tissues, stagnates. As a result - swelling and feeling of heaviness in the legs, with the progression of the disease and the accession of infection - thrombophlebitis (inflammation of veins).

The way out is the uniform compression (compression) veins. It is for this purpose and is a medical compression hosiery, which generates outside pressure to balance the internal pressure in the veins and surrounding tissues with varicose veins. Compression reduces congestion and maintains normal venous lumen. It applies compression garment, and as an aid in the surgical treatment of varicose veins. The stagnation of lymph, which leads to the appearance of significant edema, as well amenable to compression therapy.

Compression knitwear, regardless of which company made it, produced in strict compliance with the existing requirements and has four degrees of compression: preventive hosiery, knitted medical grade compression 1-2-3. The pressure distribution on the body surface during the application of such articles is strictly graduated with decreasing extent from the foot to the thigh: the ankle compression is 100%, the knee is reduced to 75% at the hip is 50% compression and 20% to the groin. By this calibration pressure compression stockings significantly increases the rate of outflow of blood from the veins of the lower extremities.

Preventive compression stockings

Preventive compression stockings can be used by healthy people. It is used for the prevention of venous insufficiency with considerable loads on the legs (long being in a standing position), sedentary work, obesity, while taking hormone pills, prevent pregnancy, pregnancy, obesity. In all these cases, the leg veins are experiencing increased stress, which can lead to the development of venous insufficiency.

Available prophylactic compression socks, stockings and tights, which when worn cause a feeling of lightness in the legs. Buy this jersey, you can own a pharmacy.

Medical compression hosiery

Medical compression hosiery is used only on prescription-phlebologist that can accurately determine the size and the degree of compression effects. Therefore, if you have already used prophylactic compression garment and, despite this, you continue the pain and heaviness in the legs, leg cramps, swelling, then you need to see a specialist, and to change the degree of compression effects on your blood vessels. Knitwear 1-3 class impact you can buy only on prescription, the use of it will allow to suspend further development of varicose veins and relieve you from the discomfort when walking. The therapeutic effects of this jersey is accurately calculated and dosed pressure on the veins, it creates a framework that supports and protects the veins and their valves, preventing stagnation. This also prevents swelling, relieves pain and fatigue in the legs.

Indications for compression therapy

Indications for compression therapy are:

• varicose veins in the early stages (the process can be fully pause);
• varicose veins in the later stages (as the prevention of complications);
• state after sclerotherapy Sclerotherapy   veins of the lower extremities (after 7-8 days after the last injection);
• condition after surgery for varicose veins Varicose veins - when to consult a surgeon?   (2-3 months after surgery on the leg veins).

Contraindications for compression therapy

Contraindications to wear compression stockings are:

• disease of the arteries of the lower extremities associated with a decrease in their lumen atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis - when problems with blood vessels , Occlusive disease, Raynaud's disease);
• diabetes with damage to the blood vessels (angiopathy);
• dermatitis (skin inflammation) of any origin.

Medical Compression knitwear - an excellent tool for the treatment and prevention of varicose veins.

Galina Romanenko