You can get varicose veins if you stand for a long time. Varicose veins are caused by venous valve insufficiency, or poorly functioning deep veins, resulting in elevated venous pressure. Standing for a long time can make varicose veins symptoms appear and is a predisposing factor for varicose veins. Because when standing for a long time, the venous blood does not circulate, it leads to further increase in venous pressure and stagnation of venous blood, and varicose veins will appear over time. So the professionals who have varicose vein triggering factors can reduce the symptoms caused by varicose veins by elevating the affected limbs after standing for a long time, such as leg soreness, discomfort and leg swelling that can be relieved when the affected limbs are elevated. If you wear varicose veins elastic stockings while standing for a long time, this can effectively reduce the clinical symptoms caused by varicose veins.