Medical, Travel, and Vascular Compression Hosiery

Why You Should Consider Compression Socks and Medical Legwear

There are many reasons to wear compression stockings.   The three major reasons are comfort, prevention and medical.  The growth in the industry allows selection of support hosiery in colors, compression in mmhg to tailor to individual need and multiple sizes and coverage options.  A partial list of recent Internet searches done for manufacturer yielded:

   – Futuro support sock, Jobst teds, hosiery support Chicago, wholesale diabetic sock, diabetic sock manufacturer, Medipeds diabetic socks, Jobst compression hosiery, diabetic sock store, Sigvaris compression stockings, Mediven compression stockings. The entire search list is huge, but this short list gives you an idea of the breadth of searches done to find discount compression socks, wholesale diabetic sock and medical hosiery support.

Jobst, Sigvais, Futuro, Mediven, Juzo, Medipeds, among other manufacturers, address the three major reasons compression stockings are purchased. All have many options for achilles tendon support socks, medical hosiery support, support vascular hosiery, medical support socks, and travel compression socks.
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The most common reasons compression socks are worn are:
   – frequent swollen legs or ankles
   – long travel periods
   – diabetes
   – varicose veins, spider veins, edema or varicose veins lone tree
   – long periods of immobility
   – swelling and discomfort in your legs
   – venous insufficiency or deep vein thrombosis

Essentially, Jobst compression socks put enough pressure on your lower legs and feet to force the blood upward against gravity and actually help circulation in doing so. Part of that comes from helping weak veins regain normal shape and letting the blood flow more naturally.

Other than travelers, Jobst medical legwear or medical compression socks are usually put on the first thing in the morning before swelling and discomfort begins, and removed at night. Support vascular hosiery prevents blood from pooling in leg veins, thereby helping overall circulation to include those with.  Compression stockings are meant to be fairly tight feeling, but they are available in different levels of compression for different kinds of physical problems.  Do not confuse compression hosiery with over-the-counter elastic support stockings.

The Office of the Surgeon General states that if you have had deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism before, you can help prevent future blood clots by using graduated compression stockings (sometimes called support hose or medical compression stockings) as your doctor directs to help prevent blood from pooling and clotting in the lower leg.  Mens and womens diabetic socks are highly available online or at any diabetic sock store.

Although they will not completely eliminate varicose veins, compression stockings will take care of certain symptoms normally caused by veins, such as swelling, heaviness and aching.  They are an inexpensive and simple way to treat varicose veins, ranging from $50-$125. These stockings come with a range of compression levels as measured in millimeters of mercury. The common range is from 15-20 mmHg to 50-60 mmHg. Be sure to ask your doctor before purchasing your compression stockings the first time.

Originally they were meant for post-operative patients, but they have been found useful for preventing problems as well. When you can’t have frequent movement with the attendant leg flexing action, womens and mens compression stockings may be the answer. Health is protected and comfort increased during travel. Travel compression socks are put on before boarding the airplane and removed when normal activity is conducted after travel.

For long distance or frequent travelers, travel compression socks are used to mitigate the lack of motion that normally moves the blood out of the legs, providing help from collecting blood clots. Even healthy feet and legs swell uncomfortably especially when flying with varicose veins. Compression socks men travel in can be found at any of the above manufactures or by doing a search for mens compression socks or travel compression socks. Similarly for traveling women, do a search for support socks women. One of the things the Surgeon General says is if you’re at high risk for deep vein thrombosis, your doctor may also recommend wearing compression stockings during travel or taking a blood-thinning medicine before traveling.

The appearance and utility of compression hosiery varies greatly. A variety of strengths, styles and support hosiery in colors are available. The selection of support plus compression hosiery and plus size support hosiery is large as are compression stockings that look like ordinary dress socks for men or women. Garter belt compression stockings are available for those desiring that option.

Compression hosiery is becoming more and more common among those desiring immediate comfort, prevention of problems and addressing medical problems.  There are many manufacturers and a large selection of styles, functions and shapes to address almost all causes of swollen legs ankles.