There is provided a chap-styled therapeutic gradient compression
stocking that includes a foot portion, a leg portion having a lower leg portion extending from the foot portion upward above the knee to an upper leg portion, a
waist support and a hip portion extending between the
waist support and the upper leg portion may be made with stretchable
yarn to provide a compressive force against the lower leg and
thigh of a patient and constructed so as to be worn on either leg. The hip portion is formed between the
thigh portion and the
waist support and covers the area below the waist of the patient to the upper leg portion. The hip portion is formed around the lower waist of the patient and has cutouts on each side of the hip portion, sized to accommodate the
crotch area of the patient so that the
stocking may be worn on either leg. The therapeutic
stocking is held in place on the patient's leg by a waist support or waistband that includes a strap-engaging loop formed at the top of the hip portion. The strap-engaging loop extends around that portion of the circumference the hip portion at the front and rear of the portion but not above the cutouts. Through the strap-engaging loop is waist strap. The strap has Velcro®-type fasteners on either side so that the strap may be easily opened and closed from either side depending upon which leg the stocking is being worn.