Standing for a long time legs will become thicker?

Standing for a long time may lead to thickening of the legs: on the one hand, standing for a long time may cause the muscles of the legs to be under constant tension, causing the muscle fibers to become thicker, which leads to relatively developed muscles of the calves, and to a certain extent there will be some thickening. On the other hand, long-term prolonged standing makes the lower limb blood return obstruction, resulting in varicose veins of the lower limb, stagnant venous blood in the calf area, which will lead to calf edema, will also be manifested as calf thickening symptoms, the symptoms of serious patients will also appear calf vascular tortuous performance. So usually pay attention to avoid standing for a long time, you can often sit down to rest, you can also elevate the lower limbs, if you need to stand for a long time, you need to consider wearing elastic stockings.