Enjoy healthy legs by summer

By Dr. Sonja Stiller, Center for Advanced Vein Care

If you’re like so many of us, in 2021 you committed to doing something about your leg pain, swelling and fatigue, but New Year’s Day quickly turned into Easter, which suddenly became the Fourth of July, then Labor Day and Thanksgiving.

Now, here we are again. So let’s make 2022 the year we really do it—the year we take care of our legs and get back to enjoying a healthy, active lifestyle.

These days, varicose vein treatments are highly effective and virtually pain-free, but they do take time. From your insurance company’s six-week compression stocking requirement through treatments and final results can take several months. That means if you want to enjoy healthy and attractive legs this summer, you have to get started now.

Too many patients expect a quick fix and schedule their initial consultation in the spring, which is too late to see significant results by summer.

In addition, by getting started now, you can enjoy your compression stocking requirement in the cool winter months instead of in the heat of summer. And today’s high-tech, minimally invasive procedures—including laser ablation, ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy, radiofrequency thermal ablation, and glue—are nothing like the painful stripping surgery our grandmothers had to endure.

Let 2022 be the year you finally take the step toward healthy legs and a fun, active summer. Give our office a call if you’re experiencing any of the following symptoms:
• chronic leg pain
• fatigue
• itching
• burning
• inflammation
• leg cramps
• restless legs syndrome

Dr. Sonja Stiller is a diplomat of both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine. She is the founder of the Center for Advanced Vein Care, a Tier 1 provider with Lake Health Hospital System, located at 7200 Mentor Avenue, in Mentor. For an appointment, call 440-710-1140. More info can be found at YourHealthyVeins.com.