Pull your socks up please!
By ruby222
@ruby222 (4847)
August 5, 2008 11:30am CST
There is a lot of chatter about the benefits of wearing flight socks nowadays...
In recent years, following the widening press coverage of DVT, there have been a number of efforts to introduce DVT-preventative devices.
Recognised by a number of health experts, these elastic compression stockings represent one of the most accessible steps towards the reduction of DVT. Ultimately, it would be hoped that all long-haul carriers provided them for free on all flights over five hours.
By applying a gentle pressure to the ankle, they help blood to flow around the body by squeezing it up towards the heart, which assists the body's circulation.
Scholl do the flight socks ,and they are available from all good chemists and department stores...but do they work?
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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5 Aug 08
Do you know anyone that has used them and didn't suffer from DVT and then didn't use them and did Ruby? I have a pair of socks that always leave an indent around my calf; is that the same thing? I shall shortly be making a perilously long air journey to Singapore. I shall give them a go then. If I return you can be sure that they do work. What other explanation could there be for getting so far and back again? If not, stick to the pop socks!
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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6 Aug 08
I am not sure if they work but I still have a pair of compression stockings in my draw that I was given to wear after I had my hysterectomy. I think if I go on holiday and have to get a plane next year that I might wear those, under some jeans of course.
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@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
5 Aug 08
I used to work with a guy that had DVT and he showed me his socks.
I think he's still wearing them.
I personally think you'd use these things if you have to.
Our nature doesn't demand we wear socks like this.
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