March 2022

Venous insufficiency is a condition in which the veins have problems sending blood from the legs back to the heart. In a healthy vascular system, the veins that are deeper in the leg work with help from the calf muscles to pump blood up and out of the legs. Venous insufficiency is an indicator that […]

Varicose veins are the bulging, ropy veins that people associate primarily with their unattractive appearance. There is more to this form of venous insufficiency, though. Varicose veins form because valves in the legs become weak. These valves are essential to the upward movement of blood from the legs back to the heart. Just why some