Nearly 90% of esthetic leg problems and illnesses - roundness, thickened legs, heaviness and redness - are caused by
veno-lymphatic stasis. To get the legs back in shape, it is imperative to reduce thestasis and combat the symptoms.Pressotherapy aids local circulation, decrease swelling, muscle tension, stress, pain,
dilates vessels, aids in venous return, increasees perfusion or the flow of blood in the tissues, provides a physiological replacement for the plantar pump, the muscle pump and the elastic activity of the
vein wall. The column of blood is put in motion with no gaps in application of pressure and with no means of escape. This effect may solve the problem of static blood masses inside ectasic and damaged
vessels. Compression from the outside also allows more excessive interstitial fluid to return to the circulatory system. For these reasons, pressotherapy can be applied with considerable advantages in the
following cases:  Initial stages of poor circulation (hypotonic phlebopathy)
Obvious venous insufficiency, with effects ranging from stasis oedema to real
varicose veins. Pressotherapy is not capable of repairing structural damage (leading valves, degeneration, of vein walls, phlebothrombosis, etc.
Pressotherapy may also be used in the prevention and treatment of: Complications arising from chronic venous insufficiency, particularly "varicose
crowns" (dilations of the veins around the ankles which often precede ulcerous lesions), trophic lesions (pigmentations, infiltrations and atrophies) and finally "ulcus
cruris", or open or scarred varicose ulcers. This situation require rapid reduction in local stasis and the application of high pressure, sometime with the aid of pressure bandages, in the areas affected.
Pressotherapy is used to:
Duplicate the action on the body of massage Repress the blood through slow and progressive pressure
Lessen telangiectasis (capillary distention) Lymphatic drainage (alleviate oedema or swelling of the leg) Provide immediate leg comfort and lightness Kidney failure (poor filtration and a hydrosaline imbalance, with possible
accumulation of large quantities of fluid in the tissues. Heart failure (leads to tapered oedemas because of an inadequate pumping
effect) Premenstrual oedema (oedema during menstrual periods are linked to the
fluid-retaining effects of oestrogen and progestin. Pressure therapy during the periods quickly solves the problem.) Cellulite Broken capillaries and erythrosis
:Poor skin tone and bags under the eyes Loss of muscle tone in immobilized patients, the disabled and the cachectic.
Substitute for manual stimulation for trophic purposes. The main theorectical applications are:
Treatment of the lymphodema Passive compression in venous pathology
Prophylaxis of post-surgical deep venous trombosis Treatment of venous ulcers Drainage of the heart-arm after mastectomy Treatment of hematomas following venous or plastic-aesthetic surgery Treatment of lymphedemous cellulitis in initial stages |
