If something works for YOU, just state that it works for you. Not necessary to call others' opinions ignorant. It will not work for everyone. Following links were from sites that were not involved in manufacturing of compression products. The ones that were were very high on the benefits, the objective ones, not so much.
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/30/392378800/compression-clothing-not-the-magic-bullet-for-performanceTo test the claims, Stickford gave 16 endurance runners a pair of calf compression sleeves. Then she strapped on masks and monitors to measure the runners' gait and oxygen intake. The same routine was done without the calf sleeves as well, and "we found nothing," Stickford says. No difference.
"When we looked at the averages of our group of runners, all the measures of running gait were exactly the same with and without compression," Stickford says. "And the measures of efficiency were exactly the same."
Here's where it gets interesting. Two men who did show improvements while wearing the compression sleeves were the ones who believed the garments aided in training, racing and recovery.
"The placebo effect is a real effect. It affects performance," Stickford says. "So if you think these garments work, there's not really any harm in trying them out."
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http://running.competitor.com/2013/12/recovery/do-compression-socks-really-work_62611Research on the effectiveness of compression garments in athletic pursuits, though, has been hit or miss.
“Very little evidence exists (ie. two to three studies out of 15-plus) from a sport and exercise perspective that compression garments improve performance when worn during exercise,†said Rob Duffield, a professor at the School of Movement Studies at Charles Sturt University.
One study found that when 21 male runners did two step tests – one with compression socks and one without – they were able to go slightly longer wearing the compressions before exhaustion. There have also been some small increases seen in anaerobic threshold, particularly in cycling, and in jumping performance. The theory is that the tights prevent oscillation of the muscles sideways and promote muscle efficiency.
But, Ali noted that many of the studies that have found increases in performance did not use a placebo or control, making it nearly impossible to tell if the increases were really from the compression or from the athlete’s perception of the compression.
And, countless other studies have found no differences in running times, VO2 max, oxygen consumption or heart rates between athletes wearing the socks and those who weren’t.
“Most of the research shows that there are no performance benefits,†said sports physiology professor Elmarie Terblanche, from Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
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https://runnersconnect.net/running-tips/the-science-of-compression-gear-for-runners/https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/do-compression-sleeves-help-with-muscle-recovery/?_r=0The evidence to support some of the claims for compression sleeves is scant, however. Most recent studies indicate that compression sleeves do not boost blood flow through muscles during exercise, probably because the movement of blood when we are exercising is already at its peak.
Similarly, while many athletes report that exercise feels easier when they wear compression clothing, those athletes perform about the same whether they wear the garments or not, according to a new review of studies of compression clothing and running that was published in April in Sports Medicine.
On the other hand, compression garments do seem to significantly aid muscles’ recovery once strenuous exercise is over, says Billy Sperlich, a professor of sport science at the University of Würzburg in Germany who was a co-author of the new review. The garments can augment the movement of blood through muscles after exercising, when blood flow would otherwise slow, he says. This increase in circulation may help flush away some of the biochemical byproducts of hard workouts, like lactate, he says, reducing inflammation and muscle aches.
But to provide these benefits, compression clothing must be quite tight, which some people find uncomfortable, Dr. Sperlich says. The garments must also be worn
for several hours after a workout, even if they become clammy and malodorous.
The upside is that when finally freed from these casings, he says, your muscles should “have less pain†than if they had not been squeezed at all.
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