Let’s make next summer the best summer ever

By Dr. Sonja Stiller, Center for Advanced Vein Care

Summer 2020 has been a bust when it comes to traditional summer activities, such as trips to Cedar Point, visits to Amish Country, local winery tours, and especially vacations to the beach, mountains or exotic locales—all activities that require plenty of standing and walking.

However, if you are suffering from a venous condition, such as varicose veins, these measures may not be enough. Now is the time to schedule your vein treatments to ensure you have the healthiest legs possible next summer. Even after treatments are concluded, your body needs time for the inflammation to subside. Our patients are usually shocked at how much better they feel after treatments, but they often say the same thing: “I wish I would have started earlier.”

If you start now, any residual symptoms will likely be gone by next summer. If you wait until, say, February, you’ll probably still be experiencing residual symptoms at the very time you want to be active—Summer 2021.

Right now, we’re treating patients daily and taking extra precautions, including wearing masks and taking your temperature as you enter our facility. Give us a call if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms: chronic leg pain, fatigue, itching, burning, inflammation, Restless Leg Syndrome, leg cramps or swelling.

Dr. Sonja Stiller is a diplomat of both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine. She is the founder of the Center for Advanced Vein Care, a Tier 1 provider with Lake Health Hospital System, located at 7200 Mentor Avenue, in Mentor. For an appointment, call 440-710-1140. More information can be found at YourHealthyVeins.com.