Use of physical rehabilitation to improve venous blood flow in varicose veins

Abstract

Statistics, symptoms, complications of varicose veins of the lower extremities were studied. According to the data of the scientific and methodical literature, the influence of the means of physical rehabilitation of patients on the improvement of venous blood flow was determined, and the most effective methods and means were selected. It has been shown that varicose veins (varicose veins) of the lower extremities are the most common among all vascular diseases. The World Health Organization included it in the list of "diseases of civilization", because according to statistics, in developed countries, varicose veins are observed in 25-34% of women and 10-20% of men. In Europe, an average of 22.23 million people suffer from varicose veins, in the USA - 98.4 million, and in Ukraine - 12.57 million people. In recent years, the disease has become younger and occurs in patients aged 12-16 years. In addition to aesthetic problems, the disease often leads to disability and death (its fatal complication is thromboembolism of the branches of the pulmonary artery). The main part of the work is devoted to the study of the influence of methods and means of physical rehabilitation, based on their physical and compressive action, with the aim of rehabilitation, preventing the progression of varicose veins and improving the morphofunctional state of patients at various stages of the disease. It is shown that the rehabilitation program should include recommendations for modifying the patient's lifestyle, wearing compression stockings to prevent dilatation of the veins of the lower extremities, to restore the "vascular pump" of the calf muscle, an individually developed walking program is offered, and kinesio taping is used to strengthen regional blood circulation.