Mild Compression Sock for Control of Lower Extremity Edema in Individuals With Diabetes

Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female with lower extremity edema aged 18 or older with the ability and willingness to provide Informed consent * Patient's ankle-brachial systolic pressure index \> 0.6 and toe-brachial index \> 0.3 * Patient is willing to participate in all procedures and follow up evaluations necessary to complete the study. * Patient has diabetes type 1 or type 2 confirmed by patient's primary care physician. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with active wound infection, or untreated osteomyelitis, gangrene * Patients with dementia, or impaired cognitive function that would prohibit study compliance * Patients with wide spread malignancy or systemically immuno-compromising disease * Patients who are unable or unwilling to participate in all procedures and follow up evaluations * Patient with deep and/or large ulcers that require copious bandaging and may affect efficacy of socks. Patients with superficial ulcers that only require a light dressing are not excluded. The ulcer, if present, must be superficial and cannot exhibit any clinical signs of infection * Patients with restless leg syndrome, Parkinson's disease, or other disease that will cause involuntary movement during microvascular assessment * Patients with severe edema or calf circumference greater than 24" or 46cm * Patients with severe lymphedema * Patients with edema that in the opinion of the investigator requires higher compression than the 18-25mmHg provided by the compression socks * Patients who are currently wearing compression hose. (Patients who have been prescribed compression hose but have not worn compression stockings for the past 6 months can be included in the study) * Patients unable to walk one hundred feet.