Difficult to put on and painful once you do

These are almost impossible to get on (anyone have tips?) and very uncomfortable once you do get them on, They are painfully tight -- and I am small: only 5' 2" and 100 pounds with firm legs because I walk an hour every day. Yet I felt my circulation being cut off. Getting them on took longer than getting fully dressed this morning. They're so tight, and the gel so adhesive, that I couldn't slide them up my foot...I had to work laboriously to move them up inch by inch. There must be an easier way to do this and if anyone knows it, I'm all ears. I bought one with a plan to try it out first (good thinking on my part) and will not be buying another for the other ankle.

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