Article: Does exercising cause varicose veins?

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USA TODAY
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February 1, 1996
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While you may like the way your legs look due to weight lifting or long-distance running, a strenuous exercise program might result in legs that are aching, throbbing, or restless after the exercise period stops, cautions D. Brian McDonagh, Vein Clinics of America, Schaumburg, Ill. Based on treatment of patients, he believes certain types of exercise exacerbate varicose veins.

Varicose veins occur when valves that push blood up toward the heart malfunction and blood flows backwards, enlarging the vein. Through the use of duplex ultrasound to study the diseased vein, physicians have observed that, when individuals with ...

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