I started taking venous insufficiency much more seriously about 6 months ago. The worst thing for me now is that I feel the blood is not circulating well enough when I simply sit with my feet on the floor. A certain discomfort or feeling of pressure? Heaviness feel in the legs when I get up. Feels better immediately when I raise my feet.

I went from walking a few times a week to walking every day that air is good by the AQI definiton of 'good'. This has had some very positive effects on how I feel when walking. I recomend that you view PurpleAir Map on your smartphone. View the map and save on your phone. If the air is polluted with particles you should consider if you want to walk using the recommended AQI levels , good, moderate, etc. Learn the recommendations and possible health effects. HEPA filters do a great job keeping your house air clean.

My legs seem to have taken 2-3 months of more serious walking to get into better shape. Now I feel good walking, can walk for about 40 minutes with no resting and the walks have very considerable hills. My advice would be give exercise a high priority. The mild arthritis that I have is not noticeable. At times my joints had hurt briefly when I had more stressful walks.

If your joints and health allow, try to slowly increase your walking. Get a blood oxygen meter with a brighter screen (about $30) that can be read outdoors. It monitors your blood oxygen and heart rate. If you feel the walk is getting tiring, look at you blood oxygen % and see if you are overdoing it. Slow down walking up hills to reduce heart rate.

Blood pressure seems an important factor both for blood flow in the legs and also as a cause of damaging the veins in the legs. If my blood pressure went down wouldn't that decrease the venous insufficiency blood flow now in my legs. ?? I will see my Dr in early March for venous insufficiency. I want to get any questions ready now..........