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- It is mandate to wear support compression bandage for first 24hrs, which can be removed after 24hrs.
- Take a shower (with soap and water) and apply massage oil/cream.
- Keep feet 30 degrees elevated while on bed with pillows under the mattress at night and over a stool during the day.
- First thing in morning, before getting out of bed, wear elastic compression stocking from toes to groin.
- Take a quick 5 min shower and then put elastic compression stocking on for rest of the day until bedtime for the next 6 weeks.
- You can resume normal day to day activities (including light exercises, climbing stairs) from the next day.
- You can resume full exercises (always with stockings on) in 2weeks (no weight-training for 3 weeks after the procedure).
- Walking or treadmill can be performed from the day after the procedure (always with the stocking on).
- Bruising, local swelling, some tenderness, pain and numbness are normal along inner thigh