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2. Compression Boots Are Actually Legit When It Comes To Muscle ...

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   Compression boots. The recovery gadgets work by filling up with air and then deflating to give your legs a massage. (The official name of this mechanism is intermittent pneumatic compression, BTW.)

3. Lymphedema - Wikipedia

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   Intermittent pneumatic compression therapy (IPC) utilizes a multi-chambered pneumatic sleeve with overlapping cells to promote movement of lymph fluid. [2] Pump therapy should only be used in addition to other treatments such as compression bandaging and manual lymph drainage. Pump therapy has been used in the past to help with controlling ...

4. Compression stockings - Wikipedia

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   The compression should gradually reduce from the highest compression at the smallest part of the ankle, until a 70% reduction of pressure just below the knee. Vascular doctors and nurses may use special pads to ensure uniform higher pressure around the circumference of the ankle (to smooth out the irregular cross-sectional profile.)

5. Intermittent pneumatic compression - Wikipedia

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   IPK with inflatable trousers. Intermittent pneumatic compression is a therapeutic technique used in medical devices that include an air pump and inflatable auxiliary sleeves, gloves or boots in a system designed to improve venous circulation in the limbs of patients who have edema or the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or the combination of DVT and PE, venous ...

6. Bilateral lower extremity inflammatory lymphedema - Wikipedia

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   The pathophysiology is not yet well understood. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is proposed to be the underlying cause resulting in reactive lymphedema. [2] Prolonged standing with full knee extension and minimal movement for a prolonged period of time is postulated to induce a temporary failure in pumping the venous and lymphatic systems in the calf region leading to acute gravity-dependent ...

7. Lymphatic pump - Wikipedia

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   The lymphatic pump is a method of manipulation used by physicians who practice manual medicine (primarily osteopathic physicians). [ citation needed ] Manual lymphatic drainage techniques remain a clinical art founded upon hypotheses, theory, and preliminary evidence.