Can Varicose Veins be Prevented?
Actually, the prevention of varicose veins should be particularly easy in Switzerland, as the Swiss are much closer to nature than others. Simple rule: A lot of walking protects your veins from venous insufficiency. If you don’t have venous insufficiency, you won’t get varicose veins. Walking uphill or on flat ground is better than downhill. Walk barefoot in the garden. Use shoes that give you ground feel and promote rolling. Do 3 x 30 toe raises daily. Avoid conventional chairs that make you immobile. If your job requires a lot of sitting or standing, protect yourself with lightly compressing stockings. But – who needs exactly what? Dr. Ragg takes time for you in Zurich and gives you a completely individual recommendation, the success of which can be controlled with ultrasound measurements.
If you already have venous damage training and compression stockings will only help as much as brushing your teeth helps with cavities – only the healthy parts are protected, the diseased parts will inevitably get worse over time. Unfortunately, venous defects can remain without external signs and symptoms for decades – which is why early diagnosis is so important! If you want to prevent them, you need to get examined when you still feel 100% vein-healthy!
Regular vein coaching is as important as an annual dental visit. The good news is that good prevention is indeed possible. Many people, including many doctors, don’t know that varicose veins are now completely avoidable . Dr. Ragg will be happy to show you how to prevent venous insufficiency. Some patients avoid any intervention by changing their exercise habits. Others protect themselves from a relapse after treatment through cleverly chosen measures. For everyone, prevention brings joy of life, vitality, and a better future for their veins.
A good vein clinic or vein practice, even in Switzerland, can be recognized by whether they offer reliable concepts to prevent varicose veins and venous diseases. Treatment offers that are only about “repairs” should be avoided.
Good advice is not easy: the doctor must recognize to what extent heredity and congenital defects, strain, overload, daily habits, and other factors contribute to varicose veins or venous insufficiency in an individual. Only then can they create an individual plan . It’s always about achieving the best effect with the least and most pleasant effort.
In our vein center in Zurich, we have this knowledge and, with Dr. Ragg, a proven expert in the early detection of vein diseases.
Dr. Ragg: “I studied thousands of venous valves until it dawned on me that each one tells a story about its past. Some have gaps, some are too small, some have inflammation, some deposits, some are stuck. Every story holds a key to a remedy. Now we are studying the benefits of preventive measures. This is completely new! If someone has symptoms, they can know whether a measure alleviates them or not. But prevention concerns the symptom-free stages, and until now, one had to believe in the effect of stockings, tablets, or creams to go through with it. Today, we can see and measure important effects with ultrasound, and people can learn how to prevent meaningfully.”