{"id":1111,"date":"2015-02-21T17:18:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/?page_id=1111"},"modified":"2021-05-14T00:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T00:32:19","slug":"what-is-compression-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/compression-therapy\/what-is-compression-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is compression therapy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Compression therapy is the application of external pressure to the limb to reduce venous pressure within the limb.<\/p>\n<p>It reduces the lymph fluid (edema) and brings the limb to a dry state using ongoing maintenance with compression treatments and compression garments.[\/vc_column_text]<h2 style=\"color: #002359;\">GOALS OF ELASTIC COMPRESSION THERAPY<\/h2>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-10\">\n<li>To prevent a decrease in blood flow velocity<\/li>\n<li>To restore blood flow velocity to normal<\/li>\n<li>To reduce or prevent edema<\/li>\n<li>It is of utmost importance that compression be graduated<\/li>\n<li>Strongest compression at the ankle and decreasing in the proximal direction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1521&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Compression therapy is the application of external pressure to the limb to reduce venous pressure within the limb. It reduces the lymph fluid (edema) and brings the limb to a dry state using ongoing maintenance with compression treatments and compression garments.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] To prevent a decrease in blood flow velocity To restore blood flow velocity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1099,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthohealth.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}