{"id":115159,"date":"2026-05-28T19:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/?p=115159"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:46:34","slug":"how-long-should-i-wear-compression-garments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/how-long-should-i-wear-compression-garments\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Should I Wear Compression Garments?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most people benefit from wearing compression garments during the day and removing them before bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General guidelines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Put garments on first thing in the morning when swelling is minimal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wear throughout daily activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove before sleeping unless specifically instructed otherwise by your healthcare provider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For post-surgical recovery or lymphedema management, wear schedules may vary based on your treatment plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people benefit from wearing compression garments during the day and removing them before bed. General guidelines: For post-surgical recovery or lymphedema management, wear schedules may vary based on your treatment plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"How Long Should I Wear Compression Garments? - Body Works Compression","description":"Most people benefit from wearing compression garments during the day and removing them before bed. General guidelines: For post-surgical recovery or lymphedema"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2697,3211],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-compression-garment-fit-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115160,"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115159\/revisions\/115160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bodyworks-compression.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}