Why wear travel socks?
The
main reason for wearing travel socks is to prevent DVT during long-haul flights
and long car or coach journeys. However wearing travel socks offers other immediate benefits.
At the end of a long journey,
especially flying, do you have swollen feet and ankles, making it difficult to get your shoes back on?
Do your legs ache or feel
heavy and tired after a long journey?
Do your feet feel hot during a flight?
These symptoms are due to low blood flow and a build up of fluid in the tissues and can be prevented by wearing travel
socks.
If
comfort during travel is important, then mediven® travel socks are for you. Wearing these high quality travel socks will
stop your feet and ankles swelling, and at least your legs will arrive feeling refreshed and ready to go!
For fresh feet and a feeling
of wellbeing, try mediven® travel socks. For more information please visit our dedicated travel web site:
To download a brochure please click on the link below:
Click here to open the mediven travel brochure
Clinically proven flight socksą
mediven® travel sock has been clinically proven to reduce
the risk of flight related deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot in the legs, in airline passengers. Click on
the link below for more information on the study:
RAL Standard
The mediven® travel sock also passes the stringent RAL-GZ 387 test, the highest quality standard
in Europe for compression hosiery and consistently gives the correct compression profile of 18-21 mm of mercury at the ankle.
Other travel socks don't provide this level of compression or quality.
Not to be confused with other travel and flight socks on the market mediven® travel is probably the highest quality sock in the UK and has been clinically
proven to help prevent DVT during flight.
1. Scurr, J. Frequency and prevention of symptomless deep vein thrombosis in long-haul flights.
Lancet 2001; 357
