Why do you need compression stockings for running?
Compression models are in great demand among sports professionals and amateurs. Gaiters and golfs for athletes are more than a beautiful accessory. Do they all need and benefit? How to choose them correctly and what to look for?
Why do you need sports compression stockings
Compression underwear differs from the simple distributed pressure on the body. Where ordinary things just fit over the body, fit and close, compression ones work hard. They create different pressure on different parts of the body, helping to keep the shape, providing a certain density and pressure. Sports compression is akin to a medical concept: the difference in pressure between clothing and underwear is artificially created in order to facilitate the movement of blood flow through the veins.
At the same time, sports stockings differ significantly from medical mesh products. They perform many more functions, for example:
- Regulate heat dissipation. The special weaving of the threads and the composition ensures the safety of heat and prevents the muscles and ligaments from overcooling. Energy losses for heat generation are reduced. A kind of occupational injury prevention.
- Regulate perspiration. Again, weaving creates different conditions for storing heat, evaporating and removing moisture on the surface of the body with which the socks are in contact.As a result, in sports compression stockings and leg warmers, the legs sweat little.
- Smart compression. This is the main purpose of such underwear: active sports often affect the functioning of the cardiovascular system. In case of problems with veins, compression underwear can reduce discomfort, alleviate the condition of the legs during serious exertion and prevent varicose veins.
- Bright design. Depending on the manufacturer's proposals and your own preferences, you can choose universal practical colors or bright neon shades that will easily cheer you up and become a symbol of joy and pleasure from sports activities.
It should be noted that sports stockings are not analogous to medical underwear. If there are problems with metabolism and the state of blood vessels (diabetes, skin diseases, allergic skin reactions, inflammation, varicose veins and other diseases), then the use of sports underwear will be limited. In these cases, the condition of the skin, soft tissues and muscles will require more gentle care and soft compression than sports companies create in their products.
Kinds
Today, manufacturers offer 2 types of sports golf:
- For active sports or training. They are designed for running, fitness, athletics and skiing and cycling, when a lot of work is expected from the leg muscles. Help to "work" and increase efficiency.
- Recovery. These socks are worn after sports activities. Here, the pressure on the linen will be much less, this is the transition between the “active” and the usual state for the muscles. At the same time, they do not allow the limbs to swell, the pain effect decreases.
Selection Tips
When choosing sports golfs, be careful and consider:
- Kind of sport.It is under him that “pressure is regulated and materials are selected.
- The best materials are smart fibers (nylon, spandex, polyester, lycra) that allow the skin to breathe.
- Measure your calf and ankle first. Focus on your size when choosing golf.
- High-quality golfs do not have longitudinal seams, and the toe is more comfortable if it is made flat. Golfs should lie evenly on the leg, without forming folds and creases. The ideal length is 1-2 centimeters below the knee bend. You can’t tuck them, the knee-highs should sit down “like a glove”. Otherwise, the compression will be incorrect.
Features of Nike and Asics models
Professional sports companies develop their own technologies for comfortable and safe running.
Nike Models they are distinguished by a wide variety of choices and an interesting color scheme. The use of combined textures and materials for different zones solves the issues of practicality in wearing (reinforced golf toe and heel), drainage.
Asics offers customers its own solutions in the form of special fibers that provide soft compression. Such sports golfs "quench" unnecessary vibrations, reduce passing loads, so that all forces and energy are directed to speed and traffic safety. Laconic and pleasant colors.
Both firms offer women's and men's models, unisex models for both training and recovery. The company's approach to design is pleasing, because compression stockings are really equipment, and not just an accessory for a person who loves sports and cares about his health.
