• Acute deep vein thrombosis
• Severe Atherosclerosis or other ischemic vascular diseases
• Suspect or known acute deep vein thrombosis
• Severe congestive cardiac failure
• Existing pulmonary edema
• Existing pulmonary embolism
• Extreme deformity of the limba
• Any local skin or tissue condition which the garments would interefere with such as gangrene, untreated or infected wounds, recent skin graft, and dermatitis
• Known presence of malignancy in the legs
• Limb infections, including dellulitis, that have not received antibiotic coverage
• Presence of Lymphangiosarcoma