If you have enlarged, twisted, or discolored veins just underneath the surface of your skin, you may have varicose veins. Caused by weak valves and veins, this condition is most common in the legs and ankles, where veins must work harder to push blood back up to the heart. When the valves do not work […]
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If you have varicose veins in your legs — enlarged, twisted, or discolored veins just beneath the skin — then yoga could help you reduce troublesome symptoms. When used as recommended by Michigan vein doctors, certain yoga poses can help push blood from your legs back to your heart. In addition, practicing yoga regularly promotes
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As a general rule, you should always compose ahead of time a set of your most pressing questions whenever you visit a healthcare provider. This will help prevent your forgetting something important and, considering how pressed for time most healthcare providers are, it will increase the chances of getting the information that is most essential
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It has become more and more common over the past few years to see athletes – both professional and amateur – wearing various types of compression garments. These include compression socks, sleeves, pants and shorts. Is it a fashion fad, or is there some real benefit supporting the trend? Let’s
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Over time, higher-than-normal risk factors for developing venous ulcers emerge in some patients. Knowing what causes these ulcers and who is at elevated risk for developing them can help you get the proper advice from a vein doctor and treatment at a vein clinic. What is a Venous Ulcer? It’s damage, including loss of skin,
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If you have varicose veins or spider veins, you’ve probably heard it many times before: To improve your circulation and help prevent the formation of new varicose veins and to ease the symptoms of existing ones, you need to get regular exercise. While that sounds good, the actuality, at least for most people, is that
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Vein treatments provide relief from the discomfort and embarrassment of varicose veins and spider veins. Venous surgeons perform minimally invasive procedures to reduce the appearance of spider and varicose veins by addressing the root cause of these unsightly blue bulges – blood pooling in a vein. During the course of one day, your heart beats
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Varicose Vein Treatment through Lifestyle Changes Varicose veins are caused when the veins of the legs becoming enlarged and protrude. They affect approximately 45 percent of men and 55 percent of women in the U.S., according to Women’s Health. Not only are they aesthetically displeasing to people who suffer from them, but they can also
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Do you have questions about your veins? Are you bothered by varicose veins? Dr. Jones is offering a FREE vein screening for January (worth $100): Date: Thursday January 30th, 2014 Time: 5:30pm-8:00pm Venue: Our office – Michigan Vein Care Specialists, 760 W Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 200, Ann Arbor MI 48103 Appointments are strictly limited and
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Ann Arbor, MI —Dr. Suzanne Jones, Medical Director at Michigan Vein Care Specialists, today released her new book Healthy Legs – The Definitive Guide To Treating Varicose Veins. “Roughly one in four American adults suffers from varicose veins,” says Dr. Jones, who founded Michigan Vein Care Specialists in 2012 to provide a state-of-the-art vein care
