🦵 What Those Leg Squeezing Devices Are

Why You Are Wearing Compression Sleeves

• When you are confined to a hospital bed, your leg muscles are not moving enough to help pump blood back toward your heart.
• This lack of movement allows blood to pool in your lower legs.
• These devices, called **sequential compression devices** or SCDs, use air to gently squeeze your calves in a rhythmic cycle.
• This pressure keeps your blood circulating, which lowers your risk of developing a dangerous blood clot.