Why Compression Hosiery? Graduated compression hosiery looks and feels
like regular men's or women's hosiery, but from the minute you put them
on, you will experience the difference. This hosiery is scientifically
designed and expertly knitted to improve and regulate the flow of blood
in the legs and back to the heart. Many people routinely wear these stockings
and socks simply to relieve tired, aching feet and legs. Others are prescribed
graduated compression hosiery by physicians either as a preventive measure
for life-threatening conditions such as Deep Vein Thrombosis or as a
therapeutic device to relieve chronic swelling (edema) or control the
spreading of vericose veins.
How Does Graduated Compression Work?
Compression hosiery is knitted in a variety of regular hosiery yarns:
nylon, nylon and cotton, cotton only, etc. Unique to these stockings
is the addition of special elastic threads that are utilized to apply
a precise amount of pressure to prescribed areas of the leg. As illustrated
at the right, compression stockings exert maximum pressure at the ankles
and gradually reduce that pressure up the length of the stocking. This
compression is scientifically designed to force blood from the secondary
venous system near the skin into the primary deep vein system. The resulting
increased blood flow prevents back flow and pooling of blood in the deep
veins and stimulates the venous pump valves to achieve proper blood flow
to the lungs and heart. Graduated compression hosiery is available in
four compression categories, each designed for specific conditions.
Compression hosiery is knitted in a variety of regular hosiery yarns:
nylon, nylon and cotton, cotton only, etc. Unique to these stockings
is the addition of special elastic threads that are utilized to apply
a precise amount of pressure to prescribed areas of the leg. As illustrated
at the right, compression stockings exert maximum pressure at the ankles
and gradually reduce that pressure up the length of the stocking. This
compression is scientifically designed to force blood from the secondary
venous system near the skin into the primary deep vein system. The resulting
increased blood flow prevents back flow and pooling of blood in the deep
veins and stimulates the venous pump valves to achieve proper blood flow
to the lungs and heart. Graduated compression hosiery is available in
four compression categories, each designed for specific conditions.