Best Leg Elevation Pillows

 

1. Where should I put my pillow to elevate my legs?

Once you no longer need to elevate your leg due to injury, strain or stress, you can use it between your legs instead. Healthline actually recommend sleeping on your side with a pillow between your knees as one of the best ways to alleviate back pain!

2. What do leg elevation pillows do?

A well-designed pillow not only keeps your legs elevated at a height and angle ideal for reducing swelling and promoting better blood circulation, but it also helps to alleviate painful pressure on your lower back, hips, and knees.

3. Do leg elevation pillows work?

When you're sitting or standing, oxygen-depleted blood in your legs must also work against gravity in order to return to your heart. Elevating your legs places them above the level of your heart. This means that gravity is now working in your favor. This may help improve blood flow in the veins in your legs.

4. What are the benefits of elevating your legs?

When you elevate your legs, ideally at or above heart level, it helps keep the blood from pooling in your lower legs and improves blood flow to the rest of your body. There are simple ways to improve the blood flow in your legs and prevent or improve varicose veins: Prop up your legs when you are sitting.

5. How do you elevate your knee with a pillow?

Instead, when elevating the leg use pillows or a stool. Place the pillow or stool under the ankle and calf to allow the knee to remain straight. Doing this will help to prevent a loss of knee extension range of motion and help to keep the knee straight, while still allowing for management of pain and swelling.