• Impaired venous return from the lower extremities as in: surgical patients, geriatric and bedfast patients, pregnancy
• Chronic venous insufficiency, varicose veins
• Edema secondary to cast removal, and patients recovering from phlebitis

Contraindications: Anti-Embolism Stockings are not recommended for patients with: severe arteriosclerosis or other severe ischemic vascular diseases, including absence of pedal pulses; local skin disorders such as dermatitis, open ulcerations, infections, recent vein ligation, skin graft, or gangrene in which stockings would interfere; massive peripheral edema associated with pulmonary edema; severe congestive heart failure or severely deformed extremity.