Active.com - Travel and lower leg swelling

Active.com - Travel and lower leg swelling:

Experiences of Gale Bernhardt. She was the 2003 USA Triathlon Pan American Games and 2004 USA Triathlon Olympic coach for both the men's and women's teams.

"One of the recommendations that would be made for USA athletes traveling to the Olympic Games would be to consider wearing compression stockings. He said the stockings really work to help eliminate lower leg swelling. After talking to Randy, I decided I would not leave Greece without wearing a pair of compression stockings for the flights back to the USA. "