JOBST Relief Knee High Open Toe 30-40 mmHg for High-Pressure Therapy with Toe Relief

JOBST Relief Open Toe Knee High Compression Socks deliver 30-40 mmHg extra-firm graduated compression for prescribed therapy where toe enclosure is not desired or medically appropriate. Designed for managing severe lymphedema and venous ulceration in patients requiring high compression, the open toe design accommodates toe deformities, enables toe monitoring, and enhances comfort during intensive long-term treatment. Find your correct size for optimal therapeutic benefit.

As a globally trusted, physician-recommended brand, JOBST draws on decades of clinical expertise in venous and lymphatic care to ensure every compression garment meets rigorous medical standards.

This high-pressure open toe style is often essential for patient compliance and medical monitoring in demanding compression therapy protocols. For similar extra-firm closed toe options, explore our 30-40 mmHg Knee High Compression Stockings for Women and Compression Socks for Men. Discover the full range in the JOBST Socks and Stockings collection. This compression level is prescribed for serious conditions like active venous ulcers, lymphedema, and severe chronic venous insufficiency. Learn more about managing your circulatory health.

Key Features

• Open Toe for High-Compression Medical Regimens: Specifically facilitates the application and daily wear of intensive compression for patients with toe sensitivity, structural deformities, or who require visual toe monitoring for circulatory or diabetic assessment.
• Maximum Therapeutic Pressure Delivery: Provides physician-prescribed gradient compression for the most demanding venous and lymphatic conditions requiring extra-firm pressure management.
• Durable, High-Tensile Medical Fabric: Engineered with a 70% nylon, 30% spandex blend to withstand the substantial mechanical forces of high compression without losing therapeutic effect over the garment's clinical lifespan.
• Heavy-Duty Reinforced Construction: Features extra reinforcement in the heel, sole, and band areas to ensure clinical durability and maintain the precise pressure gradient required for medical efficacy.
• Accommodating Clinical Toe Design: Allows essential space for toe movement, reduces pressure on sensitive nail beds and toe joints, and can help prevent maceration (skin softening) and fungal issues in the enclosed toe box environment.
• Essential for Specific Patient Medical Needs: Often a medical necessity rather than a preference for patients with diabetes-related neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease monitoring needs, or significant structural toe deformities.
• Enhanced Donning Capability: The open toe design can make the challenging process of donning extra-firm compression more manageable by allowing caregivers and patients to ensure proper foot positioning.
• Wide Medical Comfort Band: Distributes high pressure across a broader surface area to prevent tourniquet effects while maintaining secure garment position throughout intensive wear periods.

Therapeutic Benefits and Use

• Manages Severe Edema with Toe Accessibility: Allows for essential toe inspection, nail care, and circulatory assessment while providing the strong sustained pressure needed to reduce massive swelling and maintain limb volume reduction.
• Venous Ulcer Treatment with Enhanced Patient Tolerance: Supports the optimal healing environment for active venous leg ulcers while significantly improving patient tolerance of high compression over the extended periods required for ulcer closure.
• Accommodates Diabetic Foot Care Precautions: The open toe design allows for critical visual checks of toe color and temperature, enables daily foot hygiene, and reduces pressure on at-risk toes, though use requires specific medical approval and monitoring.
• Ideal for Patients with Structural Toe Deformities: Provides necessary high medical compression without causing pain, pressure sores, or tissue damage on hammer toes, claw toes, severe bunions, or other toe pathologies.
• Post-Thrombotic Syndrome (PTS) Management: Helps control severe symptoms of PTS including pain, swelling, and skin changes in patients who cannot tolerate or medically should not have closed toe compression.
• Improves Compliance with Intensive Medical Therapy: The comfort, practicality, and medical monitoring capability of an open toe can be absolutely critical for patients who must wear high compression daily for months or years.
• Supports Advanced Lymphedema Management: Essential component of complete decongestive therapy (CDT) for severe primary or secondary lymphedema when toe involvement or monitoring is a clinical concern.
• Enables Comprehensive Wound Care Protocols: Allows wound care specialists to monitor lower leg ulcers while ensuring toes remain accessible for separate assessment and treatment if needed.

Product Specifications

Brand/Series: JOBST Relief

Compression Level: 30-40 mmHg (Extra-Firm Compression)

Style/Length: Knee High

Toe Style: Open Toe

Gender: Women and Men (unisex fit) (View All JOBST)

Fabric Content: Nylon 70%, Spandex 30%

Construction: Heavily reinforced heel and sole with extra-firm gradient compression profile, wide comfort band, and open toe design for medical monitoring and accommodation.

Best For: Physician-prescribed high-compression therapy where an open toe is medically indicated, clinically preferred, or essential for patient comfort and compliance, such as with severe edema, active ulceration, toe pathologies, diabetic foot monitoring needs, or structural deformities requiring accommodation.

Important Medical Notice

This is a Class 3 high-compression medical device. A physician must evaluate and typically prescribe its use. Contraindications include severe arterial insufficiency (ABPI < 0.5), acute deep vein thrombosis, untreated infection, or allergy to materials. The open toe design does not reduce the compression level delivered to the leg. Do not use if you have open wounds, ulcers, or infections on the forefoot or toes. Precise medical sizing and professional fitting are mandatory for safe and effective therapy. Your healthcare provider must monitor your treatment regularly.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is an open toe medically necessary for 30-40 mmHg compression stockings?
An open toe is often medically recommended or required for patients with significant toe deformities, thick or problematic toenails, or who need regular toe monitoring for color, temperature, and skin integrity—especially critical in diabetic patients, those with peripheral neuropathy, or patients with peripheral arterial disease requiring careful circulatory assessment.

Are these easier to put on than closed toe 30-40 mmHg compression?
They can be somewhat easier to don correctly because you can visually confirm proper toe and foot positioning before pulling the garment up the leg. However, donning aids (rubber gloves, metal frames, or stocking slides) are still essential at this high compression level. Follow our measuring guide exactly for proper sizing, which is critical for successful application.

Can I wear these if I have a foot ulcer or wound?
Only under direct supervision and explicit instruction from your wound care specialist or vascular physician. While extra-firm compression is used therapeutically for venous leg ulcers, an open toe design is typically chosen when ulcers are located on the leg (not the foot). Never place any compression garment over an active foot ulcer, open wound, or infected area without explicit medical direction and monitoring.

Why does the fabric content differ from closed toe versions?
The nylon-spandex blend ratio is specifically optimized for the high stretch, recovery properties, and durability required at 30-40 mmHg pressure. The exact percentages may vary between open and closed toe styles within the same series to achieve the precise target medical pressure while accommodating different construction requirements.

How do I know if the compression is working properly?
Your physician or certified fitter will assess proper fit and compression effectiveness. Signs of proper function include gradual reduction in swelling, improved symptoms, and comfortable wear without pain or discoloration. Regular follow-up appointments are essential to monitor therapeutic progress and adjust treatment as needed.

Can I wear these while sleeping?
Generally no, unless specifically prescribed by your physician for certain acute treatment protocols (such as intensive lymphedema reduction or acute ulcer healing). Extra-firm compression should typically be removed at night. Always follow your doctor's prescribed wearing schedule exactly.

Your Comfort, Our Commitment

JOBST Relief Open Toe Extra-Firm Knee High Compression Socks meet critical medical needs with a patient-focused design that prioritizes both therapeutic effectiveness and practical wearability. Whether you're managing severe lymphedema, active venous ulcers, advanced chronic venous insufficiency with toe complications, or post-thrombotic syndrome requiring toe monitoring, this medical-grade solution provides physician-prescribed high compression therapy with essential toe accessibility. Explore the full JOBST collection to find medically-appropriate compression solutions tailored to your specific clinical needs.