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[blckchns]

I'm pretty much a noob here. I was in motorcycle accident last November. Anyway, ever since my accident I've been wearing these TED's and I hate them. I've seen some other para’s that don't wear them. I guess I'm asking, how long do have to wear theses or does it depend on your injury level?

Thanks
Dex

[Joed]

I wore mine day and night for about a year or so, although I think I could've stopped using them earlier. For some reason, my feet stopped swelling up and turning mottled. My right foot will still get a little too much color in it occasionally, but I just make sure to keep it up then.

My injury is low, so that may have something to do with it, I don't know.

I hated them too, blckchns.

Edited by Joed, 27 June 2006 - 07:58 PM.

[blckchns]

Thanks for the reply. I'm slowly trying to wing myself off them. My feet don't swell as much as they use to. I want to wear shorts outside, but shorts with knee high Ted's don't look to appealing. LOL

[erickk]

I wear my ted all the time so i wont get blood clots .To scared to take them off or can i?

[russ1]

I got throughoughly pissed off with putting on the full length teds I was supposed to wear in rehab and stopped wearing them after about 3 or 4 months, never tried the knee high ones. I don't actually know any of my para friends who still wear them. Try it - keep an eye on your legs / feet / ankles and see what happens.

[Lucky]

I agree with the above, it make sense to me.

I walk all the time, however, now and again my ankles & feet swell pretty bad, so I put em on for a week or so.

All the best.

[SethBove]

I'm a T-3 complete, and TEDs are the new coolest thing in my inventory (weird eh?). I was hurt when I was a kid in 1989 and never wore any TEDs until about three months ago. Paraplegics who are injured for many years can lose a lot of muscle mass (not news to many of you I realize), and when this happens we can get something called Orthostatic Hypotension - which means chronic super low blood pressure. This makes it hard to focus, sit up, or do most anything requiring concentration because of blood pressure being around 60/30.

I found that wearing TEDs every day has helped this very old issue of mine in amazing ways. I wear the long thigh-length ones. My feet are no longer ice-blocks when I go to bed at night. The most helpful thing is the lack of dizziness I now have while I'm in my chair during the day. The incremental compression of the TEDs helps for circulation and subsequently allows more blood-pressure regulation, which for Para's like myself, is crucial for quality of life issues.

Yes, it's a pain to put them on in the morning. Yes, my girlfriend makes fun of them by calling them my "Manty Hose". And Yes, it's not the most stylish thing to wear - but the benefits far outweight any of that stuff for me. I wish I had found out about these years ago.

When your brain is receiving the correct amount of blood/oxygen because of better circulation, your whole life can feel better.

-Seth

[bubbleandsqueak]

so i like to where them but i find them cutting into the skin be hide the knees.

dose any one other then me have this?

and dose any one have any opinions on what to do to stop it?

[blckchns]

russ1, on Jun 28 2006, 07:30 AM, said:

I got throughoughly pissed off with putting on the full length teds I was supposed to wear in rehab and stopped wearing them after about 3 or 4 months, never tried the knee high ones. I don't actually know any of my para friends who still wear them. Try it - keep an eye on your legs / feet / ankles and see what happens.

I tried not wearing them. My feet just turned really red, but when I elevated them, they got their color back. My legs, ankles, and feet didn't swell though. I already don't wear them when I sleep.

[blckchns]

bubbleandsqueak, on Jul 7 2006, 09:56 PM, said:

so i like to where them but i find them cutting into the skin be hide the knees.

dose any one other then me have this?

and dose any one have any opinions on what to do to stop it?

I just pull up on them every once in while. It helps a little.

[tsutiff]

My fiance has just stopped wearing his. And yes they are to help with blood pressure. If you get low blodd pressure they are there to help you because, you lose the muscle mass in your legs, which help circulate blood flow, the TEDS are there to help your body do that, and to keep your blood from pooling into your feet. Which could cause CHF or pitting edema. But I have seen alot of guys not wearing them. They also make binders, Erin wears a binder, he wears it over his undershirt, and under his dress shirt, which it helps with your blood pressure, and it also helps you splint your lungs for coughs and things. So if you don't want to wear your TEDS talk to your doctor, he was the one who said Erin wasn't going to have to wear them all the time. And you might want to try the binder thing, cause no one can see it because it is under your clothes, and it helps regulate blood pressure, and keeps you from getting a "budda belly".

[4estGimp]

I don't even know what a TED is.

I just wear knee-high tube socks and tennis shoes.

[blckchns]

tsutiff, on Jul 9 2006, 12:34 AM, said:

My fiance has just stopped wearing his. And yes they are to help with blood pressure. If you get low blodd pressure they are there to help you because, you lose the muscle mass in your legs, which help circulate blood flow, the TEDS are there to help your body do that, and to keep your blood from pooling into your feet. Which could cause CHF or pitting edema. But I have seen alot of guys not wearing them. They also make binders, Erin wears a binder, he wears it over his undershirt, and under his dress shirt, which it helps with your blood pressure, and it also helps you splint your lungs for coughs and things. So if you don't want to wear your TEDS talk to your doctor, he was the one who said Erin wasn't going to have to wear them all the time. And you might want to try the binder thing, cause no one can see it because it is under your clothes, and it helps regulate blood pressure, and keeps you from getting a "budda belly".

Intersting....I stopped wearing the binder a long time ago. Wonder if I could wear the binder and not the TEDS. Only one way to find out