Compression underwear

Compression underwear is a special type of clothing designed to correct pathological processes and accelerate the recovery period.

The main principle of compression underwear is to purposefully squeeze the superficial and deep veins from the bottom up, narrowing of blood vessels and accelerating the blood circulation of the cardiovascular system, as a result of which more oxygen enters the muscles, decay products are removed faster, which, in turn, contributes to faster rehabilitation processes. Simply put, compression garment, squeezing the veins, pushes stagnant blood and makes it move.

Despite the emergence and successful use of tight dressings as rehabilitation means for the military and athletes, as well as for medicinal purposes, this type of underwear is still ambiguously perceived by medical scientists, but practice proves the undoubted advantages of its use in a number of cases:

• medical indications;
• sport;
• beauty industry.

The range of medical indications for wearing compression underwear is wide: varicose veins, pregnancy and the postpartum period, postoperative recovery period, rehabilitation of injuries.

Venous insufficiency and varicose veins are a problem for overweight people who lead a sedentary lifestyle, and it is not necessarily a complete person who sits in place all day. Pregnant women fall into the risk zone, in whom the manifestation of this disease is associated with an increase in intra-abdominal pressure and load on the legs.In this case, wearing compression underwear is prolonged for the postpartum period to support the weakened muscles of the abdominal press and to prevent the omission of the pelvic organs. Often suffering from varicose veins and people who, by the nature of their profession, have to spend the whole working day on their feet. Sorry to admit it, but the love of high heels also may not go unnoticed for the vessels of the legs.

Varicose veins are not just ugly strips and spots protruding on the legs, this is a complex disease accompanied by pain, discomfort and swelling in the legs, a disease that is easier to prevent than cure. Compression underwear is recommended to be worn already at the first appearance of spider veins or unpleasant sensations in the lower legs at the end of the working day.

The postoperative period, especially if the operation was performed on the legs and bed rest is assumed to be significant over the length, can also be alleviated by reducing pain and normalizing blood circulation, thereby minimizing the likelihood of thromboembolism, using compression medical underwear.

Compression underwear used for sports purposes is primarily intended for elastic fixation of different parts of the body, as a result of which the morbidity decreases, and the sensation of the body in space increases, being one of the ways to improve coordination.

Unlike medical, which does not differ in special wearing comfort, sports compression underwear has a lower degree of compression, but has better thermoregulatory and elastic properties, and also looks much more attractive from an aesthetic point of view. Reducing energy losses during training and quick recovery after them, reducing the degree of fatigue of the main muscle groups, stabilizing their temperature leads, in turn, to increasing the stamina of the body, which allows to achieve high athletic performance.

The most controversial, however, rather popular type of application of compression underwear is used for body shaping purposes. If the use of compression underwear during training, undoubtedly, increases their effectiveness due to the additional load on the muscles and skin, as well as increased sweating, and as a result, reduced body weight, then constant wearing of this type of underwear for purposes that are visually correcting the figure may not be the best affect your health.

Of course, if you need to lose a few kilograms visually very quickly, but relatively briefly, the help of compression clothes will be invaluable. It is not known where the missing fat folds on the sides, buttocks, under the shoulder blades; a taut silhouette, the ability to wear a dress smaller than usual for a gala event or just for dinner in a restaurant is an excellent result with low energy and financial costs.

However, if you plan to achieve harmony day after day only by wearing this type of underwear, then your health will sooner or later be at risk, and a delayed or too protracted solution to the problem of weight correction will result in irreversible consequences. Much more literate will be the simultaneous impact on your figure of educating yourself in the cultural habits of food and wearing compression underwear ... in the gym.

There are not so many contraindications to wearing compression underwear, however they are. This type of linen should not be worn in the presence of diseases of the blood vessels; diseases associated with circulatory disorders; suffering from diabetes and various types of dermatitis, as well as in the presence of open wounds.In addition, wearing underwear with a high degree of compression is contraindicated for smokers, as well as daily long-term wearing (up to 12 hours) of compression clothing in order to correct the figure.

By appointment:

1. Medical:

• preventive;
• medical;
• rehabilitation.

1. Sports:

• for training - depending on the types of sports (basketball, football, athletics), intended for arms, legs, chest;
• for competitions;
• restorative.

1. Corrective:

• for training;
• for wearing under clothes.

According to the degree of compression, compression underwear is divided into 4 classes (from mild edema to serious lymphatic flow disturbance). Class 1 lingerie is freely sold in pharmacies and can be selected based on your own ideas about the need, class 2-4 lingerie is prescribed exclusively by a doctor.

In shape:

• elastic bandages;
• socks;
• knee socks;
• stockings;
• gaiters;
• sprinters (shorts);
• tights (leggings);
• loincloths;
• underpants, underpants, bandages;
• bras
• swimwear;
• tops;
• T-shirts
• T-shirts
• sweatshirts;
• overalls.

Compression (corrective) underwear of large sizes is widespread among women and men. Performed, as a rule, not with a continuous canvas, but equipped with special inserts in the abdomen, buttocks, on the sides, such underwear is aimed not only at visual reduction in size and correction of the silhouette, but also at strengthening the muscles holding the spine, the muscles of the press. Modern seamless technologies allow you to wear properly selected corrective underwear under tight-fitting clothing, while remaining invisible. The real salvation for overweight women who do not want to give up outdoor activities at the sea or swimming in the pool are corrective swimsuits of large sizes.

Compression underwear for a pregnant woman should be selected by a phlebologist who will determine the desired size and degree of compression:

• Panties or panties-bandage. Designed to support a growing abdomen; allow you to redistribute weight, thereby unloading the spine and relieving pain; worn over regular underpants. Can be worn before and after childbirth.
• Socks, stockings, tights. The main task is to prevent or alleviate an existing disease of varicose veins, relieve swelling and tired legs.

The most popular modern manufacturers of compression underwear are:

• the Russian company Intex, in the assortment of which there are tights, stockings and knee-high socks of the normal and light version, as well as bandages and belts;
• Native, also a Russian brand that received the National Quality Mark medal in 2015, specializing in the production of compression underwear in several areas: the rehabilitation period after cardiac surgery, postpartum, sports, corrective;
• another Russian manufacturer, Valento, which manufactures various types of compression underwear for women and men (sports, postoperative, pre- and postpartum, corrective) from Italian materials;
• the German company Medi, which produces not only compression underwear (knee-highs, stockings, tights, belts, bandages), but also prosthetic and orthopedic products;
• Reebok, the compression underwear of this brand (from sports bras to overalls), enjoys well-deserved popularity around the world among professional athletes and beginners who are just starting their first training sessions;
• the Australian company Skins, which, together with NASA engineers, developed very thin and soft compression sportswear and thermal underwear;
• the Swiss company Sigvaris, which produces compression underwear in three areas: medical sigvaris, sigvaris prophylaxis and sports sigvaris;
• American manufacturer "Under armor", whose chip is a sports compression jumpsuit-rashguard.

In order to choose the right compression garment, you need to start from three factors: purpose, type of activity and size.

If you choose compression underwear for medical reasons (from pregnancy to postoperative recovery), you must first consult with a phlebologist who will help you determine the type and size of the underwear, as well as the degree of compression, since improperly selected underwear will not only not help ease your condition, but also worsen it.

Athletes are guided by the composition of this type of underwear (it must be 100% synthetic, since it is these materials that provide its elasticity and compression effect), the weaving of the product’s threads (round or flat), the exact size (the underwear should perfectly fit the body, do not rub when running and active actions) and appearance (a good mood for an athlete is one of the keys to future victory).

Corrective underwear is chosen mainly on the basis of specific desires for correcting certain parts of the body, the possibilities of a wallet and personal taste. The modern market of corrective underwear can satisfy any consumer needs: from simple pants with high waist to erotic body.

Any compression garment must be worn correctly, the only way to achieve the desired result when using it. Medical underwear (most often these are knee-high socks, stockings or tights) should be worn immediately after waking up, not yet getting out of bed, until fluid begins to accumulate in the legs, which subsequently leads to the appearance of edema.

Doctors say that compression underwear should be removed quite easily, but putting it on will require some effort.

There are even special devices to facilitate putting on and removing medical compression underwear, which is of particular relevance for people with large dimensions or disabilities.

Wearing this type of underwear is necessary during the day, but it is recommended to remove it at night to give the skin a rest, especially since when a person is in a horizontal position, compression is not created, which means that there is no need to be in such underwear.

Separately, we can say about wearing corrective underwear. It is no secret that in their desire to get a more graceful shape of the figure and visually lose a few kilograms, women can go to great lengths, for example, to knowingly choose the wrong size of linen. The result is not long in coming: at best, an even more ugly appearance (the infamous "sausage in a wire mesh"), at worst - the strongest, difficult to heal rubbing.

When caring for compression hosiery, you must follow the instructions on the product label. In order for such underwear to serve you for a long time and not lose its properties, you must remember that:

• compression hosiery is most often not machine washable, however, modern automatic washing machines will not harm your laundry (the exception is products with silicone elements that should not interact with water at all) if you use the delicate wash without spinning;
• it can not be bleached and use fabric softener;
• during hand washing, the water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees;

• shampoo is best suited as a detergent;
• can not be dried in the open sun and at high temperatures;
• it is recommended to dry by slightly squeezing in a towel on a horizontal surface;

Compression underwear can be bought at various points of sale: from a pharmacy (medical compression underwear) to online stores (in the case of branded imported products, this is often the only way to get the original product).

Compression knitwear is by no means cheap, the prices for it, depending on the purpose, type of linen, size, brand promotion of the manufacturer, can lie in a very wide range.

As a rule, reviews about the purchase of compression underwear fall into two categories: those who bought cheap underwear of unknown manufacture and the owners of knitwear of this type, purchased in pharmacies or specialty stores.

The usual complaints of the former are, most often, poor quality of tailoring, quick loss of properties, uncomfortable wearing.

In the reviews of the second category, complaints about the quality of products are practically absent, all emotions are either positive or are recommendatory in nature. In the case of dissatisfaction, it often turns out that it is caused by one's own wrong choice.