On Your Feet All Day? Compression Therapy for Nurses and Healthcare Workers

Nurses, techs, and healthcare workers push through brutal shifts. Here's why compression therapy should be part of your recovery routine.

Twelve-hour shifts. Concrete floors under thin-soled shoes. Running from room to room without a real break. If you work in healthcare, your legs take a beating that most people can't imagine. And you do it day after day.

The Toll of Standing All Day

Prolonged standing causes blood to pool in your lower legs. Over time, this leads to chronic swelling, varicose veins, plantar fasciitis, and deep fatigue that doesn't go away with a good night's sleep. Your body is fighting gravity all day, and eventually it starts to lose. Compression socks help (most nurses already wear them), but they can only do so much.

Why Nurses Love NormaTec

We see a lot of healthcare workers at DWT Wellness, and they're some of our most loyal clients. Here's why: after a 30-minute NormaTec session, they say their legs feel like they did at the start of the shift. Not slightly better. Actually reset. The sequential compression flushes out all the fluid and metabolic waste that built up during those long hours on their feet.

• Dramatically reduces end-of-shift leg swelling
• Helps prevent varicose veins from getting worse
• Provides relief from plantar fasciitis discomfort
• Relaxing enough to help with stress after tough shifts
• No medication, no side effects

“I'm an ER nurse and I come in after my three-day stretch every week. It's the only thing that makes my legs feel normal again. I tell every nurse I work with about this place. (RN, Morristown Medical Center area)”

You Take Care of Everyone Else. Let Someone Take Care of You

You spend your whole shift taking care of other people. This is 30 minutes that's just for you. We also offer red light therapy and PEMF if you want to stack modalities for a deeper recovery session. Plenty of our nurse clients do exactly that.

DWT Wellness is right in Cedar Knolls, convenient to hospitals and clinics across Morris County. Call us at (973) 908-1524 or contact us to schedule your first session. We think you'll wonder why you didn't try this sooner.

Article by Onyxx Media Group