Archive for the ‘Footcare’ Category

Compression Stockings for New Year’s Eve

Deciding what to wear is generally a challenge, but deciding what to wear for the world’s biggest party night is particularly challenging.  If you are still struggling on what to wear for New Year’s Eve, do not fret; you still have time to shop and clothing options. Look online, in catalogues, etc. to get ideas [...]

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Be Kind to Your Feet

It’s been a very, very long day and it’s almost the end of a very, very long week. You get home from your long, long commute and the first thing you do after you throw your keys on the table is slip off your shoes. If you wear heels to work, there’s a good chance [...]

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Compression Stockings Guide

If you wear compression products, such as compression stockings or compression socks, you want to have a wide variety of them at your disposal. Support Sock Shop sells compression apparel for men and women by different manufacturers including Jobst stockings and Jobst socks.  The company website provides a compression gradient chart so that you may [...]

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Patterned Compression Stockings

Perhaps the best quality of compression stockings is that no one may tell that they are compression stockings. Although these stockings do not work like regular pantyhose, they look exactly like them. Compression stockings, which may worn as regular stockings during the day, may also be paired with shorts, skirts, dresses, etc.; and like regular [...]

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Compression Stockings Are Therapeutic

Everyday our bodies pump blood through our system, and they do so through our veins and arteries. Our legs are the more common place to suffer complications such as varicose veins due to the excess pressure we place on them. This often occurs after pregnancy. Compression stockings and other support hosiery are designed to relieve [...]

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Compression Hose And “Using” Your Legs

Yesterday while cruising around with the radio on ZZ Top’s “Legs” came on the radio. “She’s got legs,” the classic rock gem goes. “She knows how to use them.” It is truly a rock and roll sentiment. The ability to own and operate a body part to one’s own ends, be they towards power, money, [...]

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Blood Flow To The Legs

Many of the problems we try and address at this blog are caused by troubled blood flow to the lower extremities like legs and feet. I read recently of the ways relaxation, including but not exclusive to keeping your legs elevated can keep blood flow more even. It turns out that while compression hoes and compression [...]

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Compression Hose Without Sacrificing Style

Everyone wants to live happier and more comfortably but sometimes it’s hard to live that way when it means sacrificing your personal style. We spend years developing what we want to look like and how we hope to be perceived. It seems heart breaking to lose that just because blemishes on your legs require you [...]

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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 [...]

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Taking Care of Your Feet Will Make You Want To Take Care of Your Feet

No, that’s not a riddle — just a simple truth. Think about it: if you put in the effort to do things like moisturize your feet and get pedicures, you’re more likely to take care of them in an even more lasting way — with compression hose and varicose vein stockings. A lot of people [...]

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