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• Don’t stand for long periods
• Whenever possible, sit or lie down with your leg elevated
• Take exercise regularly
• If unable to walk, exercise your calf muscles by bending your ankle up and down for five minutes every hour while your leg is elevated
• Don’t wear garters or stockings which have tight elasticised tops
• If overweight, lose some pounds
• Don’t smoke
• When your ulcer is healed, wear medical compression stockings which have been recommended by your doctor
• Put these stockings on before getting out of bed in the morning and only take them off last thing at night when you are getting into bed
• Do no rub anything onto the skin  on your legs or ulcers unless it has been recommended by your doctor
• Emulsifying ointment or Paraffin gel rubbed downwards is a safe moisturiser and can be used as a soap substitute
• Eat a healthy balanced diet with plenty of lean red meat, oily fish, green leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit.
• Take 1 gram of Vitamin C per day eg: “Rubex Vit. C”
• Take one capsule of “7 Seas extra strength Cod Liver Oil one‐a‐day”.