Many people use compression wear for racing, training and recovery. However, I’ve been thinking about using for recovery from injury.

As of yet, I haven’t been able to design a suitable controlled trial but we have been trialing it in clinic with some athletes and other active clients.

We noted that it seems to help improve recovery time in people with both calf injuries and tendonopathies. It appears that the compression wear (in this case compressport calf guards) helps reduce buildup of oedema when worn overnight and support the muscle during everyday activity during the day.

We are going to continue trialing this and hopefully will have sufficient day to draw a more solid conclusion soon but i thought i’d put it out there for general consideration. We are also going to try the quad guards for hamstring and quad injuries if suitable clients present.