How to Elevate Your Feet

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Remove your shoes.. Lie down on a comfortable couch or in bed.. Use pillows to raise your feet up to the level of your heart.

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1

Remove your shoes.

Step 1

Remove your shoes.

2

Lie down on a comfortable couch or in bed.

Step 2

Lie down on a comfortable couch or in bed.

3

Use pillows to raise your feet up to the level of your heart.

Step 3

Use pillows to raise your feet up to the level of your heart.

4

Keep your feet elevated for 20-minute intervals throughout the day.

Step 4

Keep your feet elevated for 20-minute intervals throughout the day.

5

Place your feet on a footstool when sitting in a chair.

Step 5

Place your feet on a footstool when sitting in a chair.

6

Apply ice if it feels good.

Step 6

Apply ice if it feels good.

7

Avoid sitting for long periods of time.

Step 7

Avoid sitting for long periods of time.

8

Wear support stockings.

Step 8

Wear support stockings.

9

Drink 6 to 8 8-ounce glasses of water a day.

Step 9

Drink 6 to 8 8-ounce glasses of water a day.

10

Get regular exercise.

Step 10

Get regular exercise.

11

Avoid wearing shoes that are too small.

Step 11

Avoid wearing shoes that are too small.

12

Wear supportive shoes for exercise.

Step 12

Wear supportive shoes for exercise.

13

Lose any extra weight.

Step 13

Lose any extra weight.

14

Avoid wearing high heels every day.

Step 14

Avoid wearing high heels every day.

15

Don't smoke.

Step 15

Don't smoke.

16

Massage your feet to ease pain and improve circulation when needed.

Step 16

Massage your feet to ease pain and improve circulation when needed.

17

Take over-the-counter anti-inflammatories to manage minor pain.

Step 17

Take over-the-counter anti-inflammatories to manage minor pain.

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