January 4, 2019
How does graduated compression work?
Medical graduated compression garments are often a part of lymphedema therapy. Each medical graduated compression garment is assigned a compression class which determines how much pressure that garmen...
July 31, 2018
Lymphedema & Cellulitis: Managing Your Risk
This blog post is for informational purpose only and should not be considered medical advice. If you suspect that you may have cellulitis, please contact your physician.If you have lymphedema or are a...
July 30, 2018
3 Steps to Determine Your Compression Garment Size
For many patients, getting prescribed a compression garment to manage lymphedema or to use preventatively if they are at-risk for lymphedema will be their first experience in medical compression. Ther...
May 17, 2018
A Cooler Arm Reduces the Risk for Lymphedema
Warm weather is finally here, and that also means that hot, and often humid, weather isn’t far behind. As the temperature rises, it becomes harder to keep cool — which can lead to increased swelling....
November 22, 2017
What are seconds (2nds)?
Seconds arm sleeves, gauntlets, and gloves feature all of our wonderful comfort, compression and style options but may have an imperfect DIVA Diamond Band (DB) on the arm sleeve, a misprint in the pat...
July 24, 2017
Garment Care Explained
On a regular basis we get a lot of questions about our garment care instructions. To explain how to care for the garments, first we must explain the composition of the garments. Our garments are made...
