Rehabilitation in therapy of persons with chronic venous insufficiency

Chronic venous insufficiency is encountered by specialists of different fields of medicine. For the treatment to be effective, comprehensive therapy and cooperation of an interdisciplinary team – including physicians, nurses and physiotherapists – is required. Rehabilitation, as a method supporting pharmacological and surgical treatment, deals with prophylaxis in a venous insufficiency risk group use of compression therapy and draining methods, complementing the treatment with physiotherapeutic procedures, activating the patient, using kinesitherapeutic exercises and educational activities. A combination of rehabilitation methods accelerates the process of patients’ recovery, positively influences their attitude to the disease and significantly improves their quality of life. Physiotherapy should be an integral part of the therapeutic process in cases of venous ulcers of lower legs; however, its role is often underestimated.

Aim of the study: Discussion of chosen questions of rehabilitation of patients with chronic venous ulcers.

Material and methods: Review of the Polish and foreign specialist literature from 2000 to 2014.