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Taking Care of your Legs

Your legs work hard for you!

Graduated Compression makes a difference!

Your legs work hard, carrying you throughout your busy day. The steady pumping of blood helps keep them healthy and fit. In just one day's time, an average heart pumps enough blood through the body's arteries, capillaries and veins to fill 288 5-gallon cans (approx. 5450 liters). Venous blood or the blood traveling through the veins is returned to the heart.

good-valve.gif (4379 bytes) Since the legs are the farthest from and below, the heart, blood flow in the legs is the most difficult to maintain. The blood must actually flow uphill to the heart. A system of uni-directional valves, spaced up the leg and opening in the direction of the heart facilitates this flow. The blood essentially "steps" its way from the feet to the heart in stages.

wpe3.jpg (2117 bytes) After years of use, it stands to reason that parts of this complex, hardworking system may eventually malfunction. Venous insufficiency occurs when valves cease to function properly and its blood supply is absorbed by the valve. This increased pressure can cause dilated veins, valve malfunctions and reduced circulation. The result can be fatigue, aching and swelling of the legs and feet, as well as what could be the initial stages of varicose veins.

Graduated compression hosiery are clinically proven to help treat venous insufficiency and varicose veins as well as the accompanying symptoms.

For years, many physicians have recommended graduated compression therapy as a treatment for venous insufficiency. Graduated compression hosiery compresses the surface veins, keeping their diameter small , and forcing blood into the deep vein system. It has been clinically demonstrated that controlled, graduated compression applied to the lower extremities accelerates the velocity at which the blood flows through the deep veins. This increase blood flow helps to relieve the symptoms associated with venous insufficiency.

Placing the greatest compression at the ankles where it's needed most, our graduated compression levels reduce pressure further up the leg to help improve circulation.

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