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  2. Compression stockings - Wikipedia

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    Compression therapy helps decrease venous pressure, prevents venous stasis and impairments of venous walls, and relieves heavy and aching legs. Knee-high compression stockings are used not only to help increase circulation, but also to help prevent the formation of blood clots in the lower legs.

  3. Should you wear compression socks on flights? Experts ... - AOL

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    Compression socks improve circulation in the lower legs and decrease the opportunity for blood pooling in the veins. “The pooling of blood is what leads to clot formation, and ultimately, DVT ...

  4. Podiatrists Say These Compression Socks Can Help Reduce Leg ...

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    Wearing compression socks comes with a list of benefits that includes lessening swelling, decreasing aching and tiredness of the legs, preventing varicose veins as well as blood clots, and ...

  5. Intermittent pneumatic compression - Wikipedia

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    IPK with inflatable trousers. Intermittent pneumatic compression is a therapeutic technique used in medical devices that include an air pump and inflatable auxiliary sleeves, gloves or boots in a system designed to improve venous circulation in the limbs of patients who have edema or the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or the combination of DVT and PE, venous ...

  6. Post-thrombotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Treatment options for PTS include proper leg elevation, compression therapy with elastic stockings, or electrostimulation devices, pharmacotherapy (pentoxifylline), herbal remedies (such as horse chestnut, rutosides), and wound care for leg ulcers. [1] [21] The benefits of compression bandages is unclear. They may be useful to treat edemas. [7]

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    Hyperice Normatec Go and Focus on the Calf. After testing numerous models of Therabody’s RecoveryAir boots, which cover the entire leg and work in compression cycles that squeeze and release ...