According to statistics, 26-28% of women and 10-20% of men of working age worldwide suffer from varicose veins.
Prevention of varicose veins
Based on the causes of varicose veins, preventive measures become clear and logical.
Comfortable furniture
This eliminates the pressure on the back of the thigh from the seat, and also creates conditions for free breathing movement of the chest diaphragm in a sitting position.
Effective function of the thoracic diaphragm
This main venous blood pump depends on your posture.Correct posture when standing and especially when sitting - at the computer, in the car and when relaxing in a chair.
If you tend to slouch, you may need to be helped to sit up first.Osteopathy can effectively cope with this task.An osteopathic doctor finds the causes of your bending that are “hidden” in the body and eliminates them.With osteopathic treatment, your back will become much straighter, your shoulders will be stretched, and your body will feel as if a heavy backpack has been lifted from your back.
On “normal” furniture you have to sit crouched.And sitting upright is easy and comfortable on properly adjusted, ergonomic furniture that fits you.Ergonomic furniture for working at the computer, relaxing while sitting and studying at a desk is a prerequisite for good posture and therefore for effective venous drainage from the lower extremities and pelvic organs.To consolidate the effect of osteopathy, special gymnastics helps - a set of not complex but effective exercises to “reprogram” your body.This requires practicing the correct technique with a teacher (the duration of an individual lesson is one hour) and literally fifteen minutes of self-study at home in the evening.Free breathing, including the work of the diaphragm, is often impaired by an incorrectly chosen bra.Our experience shows that up to 40% of women wear bras that are too tight, causing them to become sagging and straining their back, neck and shoulder muscles.Constantly tense muscles increase the load on the spine, contribute to its premature wear and accelerate the growth of intervertebral hernias.
It helps to get used to correcting posture and wearing special corsets.In some cases a lumbar corset is sufficient.Sometimes a thoracic-lumbar corset is required.Our specialists will help you choose the most suitable option for you.A high-quality corset not only does not weaken the muscles, but also helps to properly involve them in work.
If you do sports
During physical activity, the blood vessels experience increased stress.If you have a hereditary predisposition to varicose veins, intense physical activity can cause varicose veins as early as adolescence.For prevention: Wearing a special jersey is recommended during physical activity.When you play professional sports, this means that your blood vessels are not only exposed to increased stress, but to extremely high stress.In this case, a particularly serious approach to the prevention of varicose veins is required.A series of sports jerseys has been developed especially for this occasion and is used by professional athletes both during training and competitions.
If you work standing up.
Constantly working while standing is extremely harmful and is therefore classified as “severe”.
- Solution 1 – be able to spend part of your working hours sitting.
- Solution 2 – When working while standing, place one or the other leg on a stool (step) that is approximately 20 cm high.
- Solution 3 – Wear compression socks (at least knee socks) if you don’t have varicose veins.And the first compression course when you have the first signs of varicose veins.
For flat feet
It is important to give your foot its natural position.Orthopedic insoles are designed for this.If the foot has a high arch, it is necessary to make custom-made insoles.Express production only takes 10 minutes and the insoles, which adapt exactly to the shape of the foot, are ready.With such insoles it is much easier to walk and maintain your posture.Walking becomes easier and venous drainage noticeably improves.6. Inheritance.As the saying goes, you don't choose your parents... However, if your parents suffer from varicose veins, don't be alarmed!Heredity is just a predisposition, nothing more.Whether it manifests itself or not depends on the conditions.This means that preventing varicose veins is entirely in our hands.
Treatment of varicose veins
Surgical.
In some cases, veins need to be removed through surgery, sclerotherapy, or laser.However, before “cutting” it is worth “measuring seven times”.To make an informed decision, it is important to know the following.
There are reasons for varicose veins.And if they are not eliminated, after varicose veins are removed, others who are still intact may also suffer.External veins are a substitute drainage route that can save a limb in the event of deep thrombosis.If the deep veins thrombose and there are no more superficial veins, the outcome can be like the saying “Beauty requires sacrifice”.Therefore, if the main superficial veins (large and small saphenous veins) are simply not very beautiful, but are quite passable, carefully consider whether it is worth removing them, since the lower extremity is at such a risk.After vein removal, regardless of the method, scarring of the subcutaneous tissue occurs where the veins ran.This leads to tissue tension, which disrupts the overall balance of the body and gradually leads to various diseases that appear “unexpectedly” in different parts of the body - not necessarily immediately, but often months or even years after the operation.
If varicose veins are not very advanced and the veins are passable, try conservative treatment.
Osteopathy can address several of the important causes of varicose veins.
Normalize diaphragmatic breathing - “repair” the “pump” that pumps out venous blood.Improve the capillary blood supply to the venous wall, which, due to its persistent inflammation, as a result of strong, sometimes permanent stretching over many years, is compacted and no longer receives normal nutrition.
Identify and eliminate tension in the fascia compressing the vein over the lesion site.To do this, the osteopathic doctor needs a particularly high level of skill, which is expressed in a precise diagnosis of the zone from which the tensions in the body tissue arise.
Restore the balance of the body, thereby reducing the load on the affected limb - if the cause of varicose veins is an imbalance in the body, which leads to the transfer of support mainly to one leg.
Orthopedic insoles
- Improves the “pumping function” of the foot;
- Normalize the relative position of the tissues of the lower extremities - raise the tissues of the inner thigh relative to the outer side;
- They make walking easier and reduce tension in the legs.
Gymnast
- Strengthens the effect of osteopathic treatment;
- Helps “turn on” the diaphragm to function;
- Helps improve posture;
- Teaches how to relax muscles in the evening after the day's stress.
“Rhythmic” massage
- Reduces swelling, improves fluid movement;
- Increases tissue “vitality”;
- Helps relieve tissue tension;
- Promotes general harmonization of the body.