
Targeted Leg Exercises Book
We are going to help you master a simple routine that will improve vein health and the amount of relief that you get from wearing compression stockings or garments. More importantly, the exercises will not harm you in any way as the exercises were designed by a fellowship trained orthopedic physical therapist, Dr. Nicole Swiatek. Our exercise techniques are beautiful because the end result of the exercises is most important. They stimulate blood flow from the superficial veins into the deep veins. They also stimulate blood flow out of ‘no man’s land’, i.e. the deep veins. They also help venous blood out of the superficial veins into the deep veins at the saphenofemoral junction and saphenopopliteal junctions and through the perforator veins. All of this reduces the amount of venous blood pooling, which translates into having a more efficient and healthy venous circulation. Benefits Directions As we age, we also lose muscle bulk and this is called sarcopenia. Since the calf muscl