Should I wear support hose?

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Specializes in NICU.

So I just started working and I know I should probably wear support hose.. But I cannot work in panty hose.. no way.. not gonna happen... Are the support socks good enough? I don't want to end up with vericose veins from working long 12 hour shifts....

Laurie

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

I loooooove my support hose. Wouldn't trade them for anything.

I have the thigh-high version since my leg pain was on my outer thighs. Love them.

I recommend them to anyone!

Absolutely, wear support hose. I wear knee high Teds, wish I would have done it years ago! I wear socks over my Ted hose, so no one knows I have support hose on. Maybe if I would have worn these sooner I wouldn't have all the spider veins I have on my legs now.

Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

I wear the white knee highs with butterflies made by, I think, NurseMates.

I tried wearing regular socks one day and my legs were killing me by the end of the day :(

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

wear support hose if they are comfortable for you. lots of people swear by them. they make my legs hurt like crazy, though, so i don't wear them. i can't be the only person who can't stand support hose!

Excellent question!!! I bought two pairs of support hose, will be trying them out next week. I figure better safe than sorry. I will definitely check out those white Nursemates, too. Starting clinical on 2-15, and have a few spider veins already.

Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

TEDs have graduated support so they are not supposed to be uncomfortable. I haven't tried them yet. I use "suppsocks" which is a brand of support socks, knee high length. They're very good. Some of mine are 3 years old and I still get decent support from them.

The nursemates support hose, I bought in knee high length and threw both pairs away at the end of one shift. During the shift I made little cuts in the band at the top of the things to try and make the pain stop... that didn't work so I wound up going home with no socks on, hose in a bag in my pocket. Nasty things, I would have gotten the same result tying a tourniquet around each knee.

I have had good luck with Diabetic socks with light support, I tried support hose but there too warm.. Also when I took them off at night it was too painful. I came to nursing with veicose legs already.

Can anyone tell me where to get support knee hi stockings from. I am a full figure nurse with naturally very large legs, (calves and ankles). I work 12 hour shifts and reallyneed the support , but the panty hose are entirely too warm. I am having problems finding knee hi stockings that are large enough. Please send any websites or suggestions. It would be greatly appreciated.

Specializes in Staff nurse.

Darlin', I've had spider veins on my outer thighs since I was 14 and my mom swore it was from the panty girdle I wore to hold up my stockings. This was pre-pantyhose times. I'm in my fifties now and there's only a few more added.

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

My legs are ugly, probably a combo of genetics and the fact that I have always worked long hours on my feet, sigh. You couldn't pay me enough to wear any kind of panty hose but I love my TED knee highs and like others wrote I wear ankle socks over them.

I loooooove my support hose. Wouldn't trade them for anything.

I have the thigh-high version since my leg pain was on my outer thighs. Love them.

I recommend them to anyone!

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Marie, I have a cat that looks just like your avatar!

I had to colour in his pupils. Darn flash.

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