Posted on February 11, 2010 by Vanda Lancour
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Varicose veins are unsightly, but even more bothersome is the heaviness you experience in your legs and the swelling in the feet and legs as a result of the varicose veins. Helping the circulation in your legs can help reduce the appearance of varicose veins as well as [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2009 by Vanda Lancour
This time of the year, stories of miracles are wonderful to hear. While what we have to share is not a miracle, being able to enjoy a better quality of life is a miracle.
We get to know a great many of our customers, they become our friends and some of them share their personal story [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2009 by Brent Lancour
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The holidays are here. It is time to reflect on the past year, and be thankful for all that God has blessed in our lives: our family, our friends, and [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Vanda Lancour
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There is a rapidly growing trend in the athletic community to use compression therapy socks to improve performance and recovery. From sports magazines, newspaper articles and sports blogs, compression therapy is a hot topic. Of course, compression therapy has been around for over 50 years to treat venous [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by Rod Lancour
Many of us remember the old fashion stockings from years past. Gradient support stockings have only been around for a little over 60 years but the changes are astronomical. A great deal of time and money has been spent by the manufacturers on research and development for making stockings more sheer, with better fit and [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2009 by Vanda Lancour
At Support Hose Store, we pride ourselves on keeping up with the latest technology in lymphedema and gradient compression stocking therapy for our clients. We are excited to welcome our newest manufacturer, Jovipak to the Support Hose Store family! Jovipak® is a leader in the field of Lymphedema Products.
You may have read many of [...]
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Posted on August 1, 2009 by Vanda Lancour
Varicose veins are the result of venous insufficiency. There are many things that influence the health of the veins in our legs. Among these are hereditary, obesity, sedate life styles, and of course, age. The population of the United States is getting older, the Baby Boomers are now in their 60’s, and, unfortunately many of [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2009 by Brent Lancour
Last month we covered how to control the use of oils in cooking by always measuring the amount you are using. This month we are going into further detail on using and consuming fats. Fats are a necessary part of all of our diets, but knowing the difference between bad and good fats is the [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2009 by Rod Lancour
Your feet are the most worked part of your body. It is stated that the average person walks about 115,000 miles – enough to walk around the world 4 times! The human foot is an amazing and complex structure. It contains 26 bones (about one quarter of all the bones in the body), 33 joints, [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2009 by Vanda Lancour
Federal Awareness Campaign
In September of 2008, Dr. Steven Galston, the acting Surgeon General, issued a Call to Action to urge all Americans to learn about and prevent DVT (deep vein thrombosis) and PE (pulmonary embolism) which are both treatable conditions. Deep vein thrombosis affects up to 600,000 people yearly and results in death of 100,000 [...]
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