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Legs & Aching or Swelling

Edema is the swelling caused by excess fluid in your body's tissues. It frequently occurs in the feet, ankles and legs because of the effects of gravity while walking or standing.


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Causes of edema can include:

  • High salt intake
  • Heart failure
  • Kidney disease
  • Liver problems from cirrhosis
  • Advanced age
  • Problems with lymph nodes, especially after mastectomy
  • Some medicines
  • Prolonged standing or walking
  • Long airplane flights or automobile rides
  • Menstrual periods (for some women)
  • Pregnancy -- excessive swelling may be a sign of preeclampsia, a serious condition sometimes called toxemia, which includes high blood pressure and swelling
  • Obesity
  • Injury or trauma to the ankle or foot
  • Venous insufficiency (when leg veins are unable to adequately pump blood back to the heart)

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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-severe symptoms of chronic tired, aching legs, mild leg pain, varicosities, post-vein surgery, post-sclerotherapy, edema and superficial thrombophlebitis. Can also help revent the reoccurrence of ulcerations.

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.