Effectiveness of leg massage on physiological lower leg edema among antenatal mothers admitted at NMCH Sasaram Bihar

background: pregnancy is presumed to be a major contributory factor in the increased incidence of varicose veins in women, which in turn lead to venous insufficiency and leg edema. Edema occurs when body fluids increase to nurture both mother and her baby and accumulate in the tissues as a result of increased blood flow and pressure of the growing uterus on the pelvic veins and the vena cava.