MediPeds Compression Socks

Start with what these are not, because the word compression covers two different products and only one of them is sold off a shelf. A prescribed compression stocking is measured to your leg, cut to press hardest at the ankle and less as it climbs, and chosen with a provider who checks how it is working. MedlinePlus sets that out plainly, and the link is at the foot of this page. If someone has sent you for a fitted pair, this is not where that ends.

What these are is a sock knitted firmly the whole way up, tall enough to finish just under the knee, in black. People buy them for a day standing behind a counter, for an evening when the ankles have gone puffy, and for a flight. The knit is noticeably firmer than the rest of this catalogue going on, which is worth knowing if you are used to the non-binding cuff on the other shelves: this is the one sock here that grips, on purpose. Two pairs to a packet or four, in shoe-size ranges from men 6-9 with women 6-10 up to men 12-15.