We talked about treatments like elastic stockings, but in my job that isn't practical.

A pressure bandage followed by elastic stockings is a common recovery prescription.

And she was still wearing the elastic stockings.

He had not known that elastic stockings existed.

So my wife, Florence, prescribed, bought and administered some tight-fitting elastic stockings.

I knew the picture we made: fat mother in elastic stockings, shriveled father, sullen spinster daughter.

Dr. Mariano said elastic stockings would be used to help prevent clot formation.

"The fact that you went to a chemist's in Alfringham yesterday and bought a pair of elastic stockings.

Elastic stockings, which may be purchased from a druggist, serve the same purpose as the bandage, but are very much less durable.

Then why not elastic stockings?

On the morning after her operation her wounds were inspected and the bandages replaced by elastic stockings.

Non-surgical treatments include sclerotherapy, elastic stockings, elevating the legs, and exercise.

Maybe her legs were troubling her - elastic stockings aren't as undetectable as some manufacturers would like to think.

Pre-prescription payment certificates, and charges for elastic stockings, fabric supports and wigs will also rise by 13pc.

People whose veins do not function well, she said, should see a doctor ahead of time and get fitted for elastic stockings that keep the blood from pooling.

Darzek recalled the elastic stockings and bandages used for certain medical purposes, and wondered if this odd apparel might not also have therapeutic qualities.

Nell sighed, having endured his lecture while tugging her well-stretched pair of elastic stockings over varicose veins as thick as quarter-inch ropes.

Paul looked at the picture of a wooden leg, adorned with elastic stockings and other appliances, that figured on Mr. Jordan's notepaper, and he felt alarmed.

-old folk in elastic stockings, wheezing as they went, dogs with their tongues hanging out running back and forth as if they didn't know up from down.

Long before shapeless cardigans and outsize feet were making their fashion comeback, May McFettridge was blazing a style trail in elastic stockings and corn plasters.

Treatment options for PTS include proper leg elevation, compression therapy with elastic stockings or electrostimulation devices, herbal remedies (such as horse chestnut, rutosides, pentoxifylline), and wound care for leg ulcers.