Can you walk with varicose veins?

Patients with varicose veins can walk. Walking is a very good exercise for patients with varicose veins. Because during exercise, the calves can contract and dilate, which can reduce the stagnation of blood in the varicose veins and reduce some clinical symptoms caused by varicose veins, such as the feeling of soreness and discomfort in the legs, which will disappear after walking. However, some patients have more serious symptoms and the symptoms of varicose veins are aggravated when they walk because the valves of veins are not functioning well. At this time, varicose vein stockings can be worn and walking can help to reduce the symptoms of varicose veins and slow down the further development of varicose veins through compression therapy and strengthening of muscle pump function of the calf. So walking is a very good exercise for patients with varicose veins. If symptoms worsen, varicose vein compression stockings can be added.