There is so much information available about varicose vein treatment methods that it is often difficult for patients to make the right choice. Here is a brief introduction to the current methods of varicose vein treatment. Broadly speaking varicose vein treatment methods can be categorized into three main groups: physical therapy, drug therapy and surgical treatment. So today we will introduce you what is physical therapy. The most fundamental reason for the occurrence of varicose veins is the increase in venous pressure in the lower extremities due to the effect of gravity when humans walk upright, which is essentially a physical problem, so physical therapy is also the most basic and effective treatment measure for venous diseases of the lower extremities. Specific methods include: elevation of the limb, elastic bandages, elastic stockings and pneumatic compression pumps. (1) Elevating the lower extremity is simple and easy, and the effect is indeed the most basic treatment for all lower extremity venous diseases, which is applicable to all patients with lower extremity venous diseases, and can also be used by normal people as a method of maintenance and prevention of venous diseases. However, the effective way to lift the leg should be to elevate the lower limb after lying down to ensure that the lower limb is higher than the heart in order to promote the effect of venous blood return by gravity. Generally, if the condition is serious (such as combined ulcers, thrombophlebitis, dengue or swelling is serious), bed rest can be given for a few days, and usually the leg can be lifted once every 1 to several hours according to the condition and the severity of the condition, and each leg can be lifted for a few minutes. (2) elastic bandage to promote venous reflux has a long history, the efficacy is really, traditionally marching long distance will use this method. However, as professional medical elastic stockings are widely used, elastic bandages are used less and less. Compared with elastic stockings, the disadvantage of elastic bandages is that they are inconvenient to use, unattractive, and not easy to control the elasticity, uneven pressure, and easy to produce strangulation marks. At present, they are only used in the early post-operative period of varicose veins. Older people who have difficulty in wearing elastic stockings, or whose lower limbs are thick and cannot be fitted with suitable size elastic stockings can also choose elastic bandages. The elastic bandage is best to be tied under the guidance of professional doctors to avoid crushing the skin. (3) The elastic stocking is one of the biggest advances in the prevention and treatment of lower limb venous disease in recent decades. The basic principle is the same as that of elastic bandage, which is to promote venous blood return by squeezing and prevent blood stagnation in the veins of lower limbs. Compared to elastic bandages, the advantages are ease of use and aesthetics, in addition to the gradient of pressure from top to bottom of the medical compression stocking, which is more conducive to promoting venous reflux. The main disadvantage of compression stockings is that they are still expensive, generally more than 300 yuan for the therapeutic type. There are also a lot of cheaper compression stockings on the market, but their pressure often does not meet the requirements, and it is easy to relax for a long time and not effective, from the cost of professional medical stockings or higher. Pay attention to avoid using the elastic sleeve which can only wrap the calf belly to treat the venous disease, it can aggravate the ankle vein stasis and more easily form ulcers. (4) Airbag squeeze pump is a kind of airbag type leggings that can be automatically inflated and deflated according to the set frequency, which can be used to promote venous reflux by actively squeezing the muscles of lower limbs through cyclic inflation and deflation, and can be used to assist in the treatment of intractable stasis ulcers.