Vascular Pathophysiology

Physiotherapy has a whole series of treatment techniques at its disposal that can improve the problem of varicose veins and effectively prevent them. Physical therapy techniques play an essential role in the treatment of chronic pathologies that are established with venous insufficiency. Initial edema, that feeling of swelling, the change in skin color and the experience of annoying tingling or itching are the first indications that we need special care to prevent and treat health problems associated with the difficulty of venous return.
If in the first stage we go to a physiotherapist, in addition to using a series of equipment such as pressotherapy, electrostimulators, even manual massage for localized drainage, he will advise us and prepare a program of active exercises so that through aerobic activity it is possible to improve circulation and prevent the appearance of more varicose veins and ultimately prevent the appearance of varicose ulcers. Varicose ulcers are the final stage of varicose veins that have not had adequate treatment. It is not a minor pathology nor one lacking in social importance, since almost 30% of the population is affected by varicose veins, with a higher incidence in the female sex. There is a certain genetic predisposition, and working conditions can affect them to the point that there are professions in which varicose veins are almost guaranteed due to the long periods of standing for many hours, or in positions that impede circulation.
The following treatments to treat varicose veins can be performed in a health care provider's office or in a clinic. You will be given a local anesthetic to numb your leg. You will be awake, but you will not feel pain.

Pressotherapy in the treatment of varicose veins:
Pressotherapy is the most common treatment method to facilitate venous and lymphatic return. The sequential compression-decompression system applied by means of special cuffs allows action on the peripheral venous system, providing an impulse that acts on the return of extravasated fluid. With pressotherapy we support the heart with a kind of auxiliary pump, while at the same time freeing it from an extra load we perceive a pleasant massage on the legs that at the same time facilitates the elimination of toxins accumulated in the extravasated fluid.

Treatment of varicose veins with electrotherapy:
We can act with an electrostimulator causing gentle muscle contractions in the muscles of the legs, this will generate a compression that will act as when we squeeze a sponge, promoting venous return. There are specific devices that have been designed for this purpose and that act especially on the calves, generating a studied type of contraction that will make our calves act with their contractions as if it were a distant heart.
Sclerotherapy treatment for varicose veins:
Sclerotherapy is the best option for spider veins. These are small varicose veins.
Salt water (a saline solution) or a chemical solution is injected into the varicose vein.
The vein will harden and then disappear.