These measures benefit the patient in improving circulation so that he can successfully envy the blood efficiently from the lower extremities to the heart.
The use of elastic stockings is to increase the pressure and decrease the diameter of the veins, favoring venous return
In addition to binding actin, the myosin heads bind and hydrolyze ATP, which provides the energy to drive filament sliding. This translation of chemical energy to movement is mediated by changes in the shape of myosin resulting from ATP binding.