What can I do to stop my legs aching so much and avoid varicose veins?

[pearsandevap]

I'm 30 and have almost permanently aching lower legs and am increasingly concerned about varicose veins.

I played with DS this morning, washed up and did a few chores - pretty average activity - and by lunchtime, my legs were already really aching and I've had to put my feet up.

I exercise a few times a week and eat well, but am not really, really fit. I'm not overweight at all. Why the achy legs? And I'm guessing my increasingly veiny legs are related to the achiness.

What can I do about this? I don't want my legs to feel so tired and weighty after a leisurely morning. And I don't want an otherwise decent pair of legs to end up covered in varicose veins. (They run in my family.)

Grateful for any advice. Thanks.

My friend had this (while pregnant) and got support tights which seemed to help. Have you tried them? Dont know anything re medical side tho. Might want to chat to a doctor?

if your not pg you can use aeculus gel which is derived from horse chesnuts it comes in cream form and i think you can get it as some sort of tablet if i remember

a firm called bio force do aload of stuff i worked in a salon that was big on holistics and this was always recommended if you didnt want to go the surgical route

http://www.healthywaymagazine.com/issue29/01_nature_doctor.html hope these work
http://www.healthywaymagazine.com/issue33/08_.html and this one

try these

fingers crossed

Thank you both. Support stockings seem a good idea, and the horse chestnut supplement sounds encouraging.