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Support and Compression Levels Guide

Our Support and Compression Levels Guide will help you choose the right product for the right injury at the right time – when you need it the most.
Support Levels Compression Levels

Mild Support

Provides light compression, support and therapeutic heat retention to help relieve symptoms associated with minor sprains, strains and arthritis. Comfortable for all day wear.

Mild Compression

Light compression helps relieve mild symptoms from varicose veins, minor swelling and tired aching legs.

Moderate Support

Provides adjustable levels of compression, support and therapeutic heat retention to help relieve symptoms associated with strains, sprains, arthritis and muscle pain. Comfortable for all day wear or for specific activities.

Moderate
Compression
(15-20 MMHG)

Moderate compression helps relieve mild to moderate symptoms of conditions needing support for minor varicose veins, swelling and tired, aching legs.

Moderate
Stabilizing Support

Provides fitted and anatomically correct stabilizing support to help Relieve symptoms associated with strains, sprains, arthritis, repetitive stress injuries and to help prevent re-injury. Flexible stabilizers may be removable and customizable for comfort.

Firm Compression
(20-30 MMHG)

Firm compression helps relieve moderate to severe symptoms from chronic, tired, aching legs, mild leg pain, moderate to several varicosities, moderate to severe varicosities during pregnancy, post vein surgery, post sclerotherapy, moderate tendency of edema, superficial thrombophlebitis, and helps prevent the reoccurrence of ulcerations. These products supply greater support for conditions listed above.

Firm Support

Provides a higher level of support using a combination of power stretch and non-stretch materials and may include shock absorbing materials to help relieve symptoms associated with strains, sprains, arthritis, repetitive stress injuries and to help prevent re-injury.

Firm
Stabilizing Support

Provides a higher level of support using a combination of power stretch and non-stretch materials and may include shock absorbing materials to help relieve symptoms associated with strains, sprains, arthritis, repetitive stress injuries and to help prevent re-injury.

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Support and Compression Levels
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Mild

(8 – 15 mm/Hg)
Provides energizing compression to help relieve mild symptoms of varicose veins, swelling, tired or aching legs.

Moderate

(15 – 20 mm/Hg)
Provides restoring compression to help relieve mild –moderate symptoms of varicose veins, swelling, tired or aching legs.

Moderate Stabilizing

(15 – 20 mm/Hg)
Provides restoring compression to help relieve mild –moderate symptoms of varicose veins, swelling, tired or aching legs.

Firm

(20 – 30 mm/Hg)
Provides therapeutic compression to help relieve moderate-to-severe symptoms of chronic tired, aching legs, leg pain, varicosities, post-sclerotherapy and edema.

Firm Stablizing

Provides a higher level of support using a combination of power Stretch and non-stretch materials and may include shock absorbing materials to help relieve symptoms associated with strains, sprains, arthritis, repetitive stress injuries and to help prevent re-injury.