A 54 year old patient presents to your outpatient orthopedic…
A 54 year old patient presents to your outpatient orthopedic clinic 2 days post op left total knee replacement. As part of your home exercise program, you give them ankle pumps. You know from pathophysiology, ankle pumps play an important part in venous return as well as prevention of blood clots. Which of the following factors that affect venous return are you targeting with ankle pumps?