As someone who now has to wear Compression socks, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the bag trick !!I tried to put the C.Ss on & gave up after an hour of trying, three weeks ago, Finally, today I saw your vid & IMMEDIATELY tried it. So, THANK YOU AGAIN !! You're an angel !!

Oh! Millions thanks. I am a widow and some years ago, to take off my socks, it was my husband who take them off. But now … after seeing your video, I feel more secure cuz my socks are supposed to arrive tonight! I will have pleasant time putting on and off these stockings!

What a brilliant idea with the plastic bag!

I am literally doom scrolling in tears due to severe bilateral edema. I've seen a vascular doctor, waiting for test results. All I've been told to do is continue taking my diuretic (increased from 25mg QD to TID) and wear compression socks. I've been dealing with on/off for 13 years, so I have a ton of different types of compression socks/sleeves. I can't get any on completely myself! I end up with bunching, bruising, and more direct pain along with the overall diffuse pain that comes with this level of edema. Sorry to unload on your video! I am at the end of my teether and needed to vent. 😢

This is a FANTASTIC video!! I’m just getting into compression hose/socks! My first attempts have been not only VERY painful but losers. I’m also a caregiver for my 83 year old sister who can but doesn’t make any effort to do much for herself. Your video has shown me tools that, while I doubt will incentivize her to do more for herself, will make my life easier by saving my very bad back! God bless you, my dear lady!

SUPER job, Lindsay. Great tutorial. You nailed it all. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this valuable information. I have struggled for years with compression hose and tried everything I knew about to assist me. Putting on the compression hose would exhaust me, then to take them off! I just left them on as long as possible. This is great!

Will definitely try rubber glove tip. Thanks.

I found this video very instructive.

Thank you for this video! Really helpful!

Great demonstration. Thank you.

Excellent tool.

Great stuff, very helpful

Valuable information! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks so much for doing this video. The last item is awesome, but extremely expensive. I like the plastic bag idea.

Those reusable rubberized gloves are super handy for peole in Wheelchairs, particularly on a wet day so your hands don't slip and get cold.

As a person still fairly new to compression socks, I had purchased quite cheap ones from Amazon which were so tight I really couldn't work them at all. I do suggest everybody start with a light level of compression in order to get adjusted to them. Love the sigvaris socks.

Awesome video. VERY well explained.

Thank you so much!

I got Steve Complete - Donning doffing support sock from the Neterlands. Portable and fantastic.

I like the plastic bag trick the best, thanks for sharing..❤❤

Thank you for this! I’m interested in trying the rubber glove trick for sure. I tried to get help from an OT last year, and while she sized me for thumb splints, the only sock solutions she had were for trouble bending over, which I do just fine. It’s the thumb and wrist pain that make compression a struggle 😅 I ended up just getting socks with a 15-20 rate instead of the 20-30 I originally tried. But maybe with gloves I can still use those without such a risk of joints hyperextending!

thanks for this!

Excellent, great video will do thankyou...

Thank You very much from Germany. I will try the DuffNDonner for my Mummy, she is 90 Years old and i want to make it as easy as it is going. Thanks.

Thank you!

Rubber gloves work great to smooth the wrinkles out

Thanks Lindsay. I am going to try the rigid aid fo my socks. We use those at work too- long term care. As far as the fancy Sigvaris donner/doffer…I think training staff would be difficult…like a perceptual challenge! But, so smooth and protects fragile skin. Much appreciated, from a fellow OT. I appreciate your content.

Thank you Lindsay! This video was extremely helpful.

Thank you so much for this video - exactly what I was looking for to show my dad so he can choose between the two different main option. Even demonstrating the sock brand he has.

With the Sigvaris, buy a second sleeve. When you pull off the sock with the device, leave it on the device. It is perfectly set to put the sock back on. This makes it so you can easily take breaks from the stocking and/or apply lotion, etc. as needed.

Wow, this has been incredibly helpful. Thank you so much. Some of the linked products are no longer available which is unfortunate as the rigid device looked pretty handy to me.

What tool would I use for waist high compression stockings?

I was really strugggling.... Greeeat Video....Many Thanksssss!

Any tricks for putting on compression socks when you can't bend? Asking for my Dad who is going to have a hip replacement. We just found your videos and they've been very helpful! But my Mom still needs to help him with the socks because ge can't reach..

Excellent U R an angle.

This is great, do you have a video o. how to remove the

Just iron several plastic bags together to make yourself a long-term solution. Put the iron on the lowest setting, and use something like parchment paper between the iron & plastic. EZ PZ.

Will a standard sock aid (the kind with a half tube and rope work for compression stockings or is the standard aid too big? I just saw this newer video and your older compression stockings donner video. Thanks for the extra tips and info about additional products in the newer video . Improved lighting makes it much easier to see what you're demonstrating in the newer video. Great job! Thanks! I'm watching your videos to prep for a TKA in a week.

That last item........caught my attention, big time.

5pm PST Very good video. Now. Once Ive gotten the sock on, what do i do about the way it painfully pinches my leg under my knee? I've tried many, many different brands and sizes! I'm at my witts end. Next im going to try putting strips of cotton under the to band! HELP!

I Am Amazed, I'm ve Looked and Looked.. for this information... Being Toshed into this Wearing of Compression Stockings Only to Find Out HOW THE H.... DO I GET THE ON???? Thank you So Very Much!!!

Excellent video. I'm gonna try the plastic bag method or buy that tool instead of tediously inching up a mid thigh compression stocking, which took a long time and some discomfort to an elderly friend I was helping. Ty 💯

Excellent info. Just started wearing Compression socks for work. I knew about the Grocery bag for my motorcycle "Rain Suits" and tried to use it with the socks. I'll for sure try your technique and see if it works better than what I tried. I didn't plan to spend this much time on KZfaq today, but I have learned a lot. Thanks

ugh..so much work! I DON'T HAVE THE TIME!

It’s easy for thin people like you to get those on but an overweight person it’s very hard

Doctor told me I had to start wearing compression socks. Can’t get them on. The techniques you show are wonderful. Problem is none of the gadgets you demonstrated are available on Amazon. Everything is out of stock.

Any tips for an elderly person unable to bend down or flex the hips so high up who also has arthritis in hands and has difficulty placing the stocking on the device?

Is this easier or harder to put on than TED hose?

Where do you get that metal cage tool?

Do you think the Donner Doffer would work for 30-40 mmHg stockings?

Great video I have a lot of spider veins around my ankles it’s ugly and becoming more What to buy compression socks but don’t know what to buy what do you recommend please 🙏 😊

Thank you! I feel less nervous about my Total hip surgery January 23rd , 2023. I did a lot of shopping.

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I have tried the BSN medical compression aid (wire device) you mentioned and it works but I am tall and it was just to short to be of use. I ended up purchasing a Sigvaris Melany Donning & Doffing Aid ($119 Amazon) and it made a world of difference. It was a little expensive at $119 but the handles are long and adjustable. It takes me less than 2 minutes to apply the compression sock AND put it on. If you have to deal with compression socks, I would also recommend using the Truform Donning gloves (or some other compression gloves). These gloves are designed to grab the compression socks without tearing them. Hope this helps.

I have been wearing a 30 -40 compression thigh high hose for 27 yrs. My thumbs don't work well now. Will any device work for thigh high?

I need a video on something to help my put my pants on please?

Thank you for this. My question: How do I keep the sock (once on) from rolling and forming the Grand Canyon of indentations?

I have very very tight compression stockings that would never ever go on like that.Even when 2 people were doing it they could hardly get the stockings on me. Also since I had hip surgery a few mos. ago I don't believe I am supposed to be bending over more than 90ty degrees of an angle. So how can I put those tough compression stockings on when sam not supposed to bend over & I have no one to put them on for me? Even in Rehab many nurse assistants could hardly get the compression stockings on. If they did get them on they had a tough time pinching the stockings without pinching ME to get them smith & on correctly. I ask because after 2 mos. my legs & feet R swelling up some & I'd like to put the compression stockings on, but can't do them. Any other ideas besides what U showed on this video that would would for an older woman who had total posterior hip surgery & should NOT B BENDING over more than 90ty degree angle?? I hope U can think of a way to put those tough stockings on. It's a battle for the nurses aids to do them.

I have had a hell of a time getting those things on and off my wife. I remember way back when my wife's legs were really nice, like yours. Now both of yours would not equal one of hers. She has a lot of swelling problems. Hell of a thing to get those on and then realize I have punched a hole in them, trying to get them on her.

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Thanks again! I found out the hard way before I started to use rubber gloves. I ruined so many pairs of socks! 😊❤

like it

Great idea..I will try it…some say the sock shouldn’t go over the knee. What’s your thought on this? And thanks for this tip.

Plastic bag is an excellent idea IF you can still find those grocery bags

Question: does the Sigvaris tool work well for larger legs? It looks quite narrow. Thanks!

I now require compression socks that my wife has to struggle to put on me, We watched this together an she instantly choose the last one

I cut the tips off the gloves so it's easier to pull up the stocking.

Lindsay, I've heard that patients with Peripheral Neuropathy should NOT wear compression stockings. Please advise.

Where can I buy the items you used in your video? I looked below but didn’t see.😢

Thank you very much for such a useful video, please tell me is it true that stockings should be put on in the morning without getting out of bed, keeping your legs in a horizontal position without lowering them to the bottom?

I did a google search for the donner tool so far no luck I just start the need to put compression socks on it is so hard and I failed plastic bags are worth their weight in gold now with what grocery stores are charging for now 😢 please help me with advice I am on SSD and I need to watch my Pennie's

Ur ankles are slammin....mamajammin

I’ve ended up using my sock aid, all of these don’t work for me

Where we can buy that all

The problem is there is bending involved. Hip replacement patients can’t bend that far down.

I need help with this, but I can't spend any more $ - the socks are prohibitive & the insurance coverage is laughable, as everyone reading this will know. What's the cheapest aid? I'd like to get re-usable gloves, but I feel like the manufacturer aids are crazy expensive. I have bad arthritis in both hands, so I'm only getting 15-20s, and even these are very difficult; but I have good strength and no problem leaning down. Someone at a compression store told me there's a simple, lightweight aid that folds up for travel, but they didn't have it.

Getting them on isn't that hard, but getting them off is harder.

Guuuuurl I’m a younger caregiver for my triplegic mother. I canNOT have that “sock stretcher tool” in my house without getting slammed on by my friends 😂 oh lawd

Just turn the sock inside out except the toe box. Place them on the toe then pull the part that’s inside out over the forefoot without having to pull the whole sock from the toe. Its how we nurses would put an immobile patients TED anti embolism stockings. 🤷🏼‍♀️

removing is hard. especially with arthritic knees. impossible

Great video. Gloves are amazing - rubber ones with grippy palms. However....please god never ever use a plastic pag - just one nick and cellulitis is not far away.

plastic bag method totally unachieveable with one shoulder out of commission

I NEED A VIDEO ABOUT A SLEEVE TOOL THAT I CAN USE... I HAVE VERY LITTLE FLESH ON MY UPPER RIBS BECAUSE OF A BILATERAL MASTOMY AN THE MUSCLE STRUCTURE THAT I HAD IS EITHER NOT THERE OR THERE IS VERY LITTLE LEFT PUTTING ON A SLEEVE IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ON THE UPPER HALF OF MY ARM [[I AM STRUGGLING MASSIVELY]] WITH JUST A NABBY GLOVE. I AM ALLERGIC TO LATEX; AN I AM HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY TRY TO PUSH ME INTO USING TO GET THIS INFERNAL SLEEVE ON WITH... THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING OUT THERE SOME WHERE TO MAKE THIS MUCH MORE EASIER... I NEED ANSWERS FOR THIS NIGHTMARE...

Troubal .

useless too complicated instruction.

11 minutes to tell us how to put compression socks on? Ridiculous.