Counteracting Varicose Veins with Herzog PRO Compression Socks

Counteracting Varicose Veins with Herzog PRO Compression Socks
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When you have varicose veins, there is nothing you can do about it. You're not sick at all, but it 'runs in the family'. If your mother or father has varicose veins, there is a good chance that you will also get them. If you have varicose veins, your vascular wall is slightly less firm and does not have much resistance. Herzog PRO Compression Socks can be perfectly used in the treatment of varicose veins. With Herzog's modern design and wearing comfort, you certainly don't have to feel like a patient. To understand how this works, let's first go into some detail…

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A brief explanation of blood circulation

Before we delve into vascular problems, we first need to understand a bit more about blood circulation. As you may know, the heart pumps blood containing energy-rich substances, sugars, and oxygen through progressively smaller blood vessels, down to the smallest capillaries. These sugars and oxygen are then transported to the muscle cells by the residual pressure from the heart. These vessels, from the heart to the capillaries, are called arteries.

Blood containing waste products from the metabolic process, lactic acid, and carbon dioxide, is reabsorbed into blood vessels that carry the blood back to the heart. This is called the venous system. Arterial blood easily flows to the legs, as the pressure from the heart is still very high and gravity also lends a hand.

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However, it is different with the blood that has to return to the heart, against gravity. The residual pressure from the heart is then only minimal. You can imagine that due to gravity alone, there is downward pressure from the blood in those veins. When we move the calf muscles, the muscles are successively tensed and relaxed, so they alternately become shorter and thicker and then longer and slimmer. This means that the veins are rhythmically compressed and then opened again. The consequence of this is that the flow rate increases when the cross-section of the vessel becomes smaller. Compare it to a garden hose where you squeeze the end a bit. The jet becomes smaller, but more powerful and sprays much further. The veins work in the same way. You tense your muscles, the vessels are squeezed empty, and the flow rate towards the heart is accelerated.

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When varicose veins develop

However, this can only work if there are 'valves' that ensure blood flows in only one direction, namely towards the heart. These valves are the so-called flaps in the blood vessel. This allows blood to flow only towards the heart and not back. These valves only function when they can close completely.

But these valves only function when they can close completely. If the vessel wall is not firm enough, offers too little resistance, and is dilated, the valves can no longer close completely. The result is that blood with waste products oscillates back and forth. There is no longer proper drainage of venous blood back to the heart. This can lead to varicose veins: these dilated veins often look like blue and winding veins.

Sports Compression Socks offer a solution

Support stockings are indispensable to prevent varicose veins from worsening. Compression stockings provide external pressure on the muscle tissue, giving external support to the vessels and allowing the valves to fully open and close again.

I will not go into surgical procedures or laser techniques here. As described above, thePRO Herzog stockingsare extremely suitable for use as support stockings; after all, they are support stockings but specifically developed for athletes. They are therefore more durable, breathe better, and also look fashionable. With the wearing comfort of Herzog compression stockings, you certainly don't have to feel like a patient when experiencing vascular problems.

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