Compression socks help improve blood flow and reduce swelling in the feet and ankles. Here’s everything to know to decide if ...

The benefit of wearing compression socks is to either reduce swelling or improve venous return (blood circulation),” Dr. Bethany Tennant, a licensed naturopathic physician and certified nutrition ...

Normally, our calf muscles work to combat gravity by contracting and squeezing the veins in the legs, which sends the blood back up to the heart, he explains. Compression socks aid this process by ...