Q: My doctor prescribed compression stockings to prevent my legs from swelling during the day. How will that help, and are they all the same? A: Compression stockings aren't like regular stockings.

I usually clock 15,000 steps or more every weekend, so come Monday, my legs are extremely sore. While great for my fitness routine, this isn’t the most productive way to start a work week. Though ice ...

From long flights to pregnancy and diabetes, many circumstances and conditions can cause pain and swelling in the legs, ankles, and feet. Enter compression socks and stockings — specially designed ...

Running a single mile — at about a 10-minute pace — consists of 1,700 steps. And each one of those steps produces ground reaction forces of about two and a half times your body weight. And you know ...

Graduated compression stockings exert the greatest degree of compression at the ankle, and the level of compression gradually decreases up the garment They are often used to treat chronic venous ...