Elevated Legs Can Help Varicose Veins
While you’re wearing varicose vein stockings, eating healthier, and staying active to combat your varicose veins, a slight change to how you relax could do a lot to improve, or at least staunch, the development of varicose veins.
Doctors have confirmed that elevating your legs above the level of your heart is an excellent way to ease the flow of blood in your legs. In some ways this is great news. Now you have an excuse to clear the kids off the couch and put your feet up. Maybe you can even head to bed for some much needed afternoon rest and relaxation. When you do, make sure you use a stack of pillows to keep your legs elevated above your chest.
This whole plan relies on something very simple that we’re all well aware of, gravity. Elevating your legs simply makes your veins work less at pumping blood through the rest of your body. Who would’ve thought when Newton got hit by that apple he was playing a huge part in healthy varicose vein tips for years to come. Pretty sure he didn’t!
Don’t rest too long though and be sure to stretch your legs out afterward. You can find plenty of compression hose over at the Support Sock Shop.
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