Compression underwear

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

The main principle of compression underwear is to purposefully squeeze the superficial and deep veins in the upward direction, narrowing the vessels and accelerating the blood flow of the cardiovascular system, resulting in more oxygen being supplied to the muscles, faster decomposition products are removed, which in turn contributes to rehabilitation processes. Simply put, compression underwear, squeezing the veins, pushes stagnant blood and causes it to move.

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

• medical indications;
• sport;
• beauty industry.

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

Venous insufficiency and varicose veins - the problem of people with obesity, leading a sedentary lifestyle, and not necessarily a complete person who sits all day in place. Pregnant women in whom the manifestation of this disease is associated with an increase in intra-abdominal pressure and load on the legs fall into the risk zone. In this case, wearing compression underwear is also extended for the postpartum period in order to support the weakened abdominal muscles and to prevent the pelvic organs from dropping. Often suffer from varicose veins and people who, by the nature of their professions, have to spend the whole working day on their feet. No matter how sorry it is to admit, but the love of high heels can also not pass without a trace for the vessels of the legs.

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

The postoperative period, especially if the operation was performed on the legs and a considerable amount of bed rest is expected, can also be alleviated by reducing pain and normalizing blood circulation, thereby minimizing the likelihood of thromboembolism by applying compression medical underwear.

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

Unlike medical, not differing 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 exercise and rapid recovery after them, reducing the degree of fatigue of the main muscle groups, stabilizing their temperature leads, in turn, to an increase in body endurance, which allows us to achieve high athletic performance.

The most controversial, however, is quite a popular type of compression underwear application - used for body shaping. If the use of compression underwear during workouts undoubtedly increases their efficiency due to the additional load on the muscles and skin, as well as increased sweating, and as a result, weight loss, the constant wearing of this type of underwear for purely visual purposes may not be the best. way affect your health.

Of course, if you need to visually lose weight by several kilograms very quickly, but relatively briefly, then the help of compression underwear 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 put on a dress smaller than usual for a solemn event or just for dinner at a restaurant is an excellent result with low energy and financial costs.

However, if you plan to achieve harmony from day to day only by wearing this type of underwear, then your health will soon be threatened, and a delayed or too long solution to the problem of weight correction will have irreversible consequences. Much more literate will be the simultaneous impact on your figure of cultivating the cultural habits of eating and wearing compression underwear ... in the gym.

Contraindications for wearing compression underwear is not so much, but they are. This type of linen cannot be worn in the presence of blood vessel diseases circulatory disorders; suffering from diabetes and various types of dermatitis, as well as in the presence of open wounds. In addition, it is contraindicated to wear underwear with a high degree of compression to smokers, as well as daily long-term wearing (up to 12 hours) of compression clothing for body shaping.

To destination:

1. Medical:

• prophylactic;
• therapeutic;
• rehabilitation.

1. Sports:

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

1. Corrective:

• for training;
• for wearing under clothes.

According to the degree of compression, the compression garment is divided into 4 classes (from light edema to severe lymph flow disturbance). Underwear of class 1 is sold freely in pharmacies and you can choose it based on your own ideas of necessity, underwear of classes 2-4 is assigned exclusively by a doctor.

According to the form:

• elastic bandages;
• socks;
• knee socks;
• stockings;
• gaiters;
• sprinters (shorts);
• taytsy (leggings);
• loincloths;
• cowards, bandages;
• bras;
• swimwear;
• tops;
• T-shirts;
• T-shirts;
• sweaters;
• overalls.

Compression (corrective) underwear of large sizes is widespread among women and men. Performed, as a rule, not by a continuous sheet, but provided with special inserts in the abdomen, buttocks, on the sides, such underwear is aimed not only at a visual reduction of the size and correction of the silhouette, but also at strengthening the muscles holding the spine and abdominal muscles. Modern seamless technologies allow you to wear a properly selected corrective underwear under rather tight clothes, while remaining inconspicuous. A real salvation for obese women who do not want to abandon the active recreation at sea or swimming in the pool, are corrective swimsuits of large sizes.

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

• Panties or panties bandage. Designed to support a growing belly; allow you to redistribute the weight, thereby relieving the spine and relieving pain; worn over ordinary panties. Can be worn before and after delivery.
• Socks, stockings, tights. The main task is to prevent or alleviate the already 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 socks of the usual and light version, as well as bandages and belts;
• Native is also a Russian brand, which in 2015 received the National Quality Mark medal, 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 different types of compression underwear for women and men (sports, postoperative, pre- and post-partum, corrective) from Italian materials;
• German company “Medi”, which produces not only compression garments (socks, stockings, tights, belts, bandages), but also prosthetic and orthopedic products;
• “Reebok”, compression underwear of this brand (from sports bras to overalls) is deservedly popular all over the world among professional athletes and newcomers just starting their first workouts;
• the Australian company Skins, which developed, together with NASA engineers, very thin and soft compression sportswear and thermal underwear;
• Swiss company “Sigvaris”, producing compression garments in three directions: sigvaris medical, sigvaris prevention and sports sigvaris;
• American manufacturer "Under armor", the chip of which is sports compression overalls-rashgard.

In order to choose the right compression underwear, it is necessary to build on three factors: destination, 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 underwear, as well as the degree of compression, as the wrong underwear will not only help you to ease condition, but also worsen it.

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

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

Any compression garment must be worn correctly, only this is the way to achieve the desired result in its application. Medical underwear (most often, it’s knee-highs, stockings or pantyhose) should be worn immediately after waking up, not yet getting out of bed, until a liquid begins to accumulate in the legs, which subsequently leads to edema.

Doctors say that removing underwear should be quite easy, but to put it on it will take some effort.

There are even special devices to facilitate donning and removal of medical compression underwear, which is of particular relevance for people with large dimensions or limited abilities.

Wearing this type of underwear is necessary during the day, however, it is recommended to take it off at night to give the skin a rest, especially when a person is in a horizontal position, no compression is created, which means there is no need to be in such underwear.

Separately, you 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 do much, for example, on a deliberately wrong choice of the size of underwear. The result does not keep you waiting long: at best, an even more unsightly look (the sadly familiar “fish sausage”), at worst - the strongest, difficult to heal rubbing.

When caring for compressive knitwear, you should follow the directions 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 knitwear is usually not machine washable, however modern washing machines will not harm your laundry (an exception is made of 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 water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees;

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

Compression underwear can be purchased 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 an original product).

Compression knitwear is by no means cheap, 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 on the purchase of compression underwear are divided into two categories: those who bought cheap underwear of unknown production and owners of knitwear of this type, purchased in pharmacies or specialized stores.

The usual complaints of the first are, most often, poor quality sewing, rapid 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 of a recommendatory nature. In case of dissatisfaction, it often turns out that it is caused by one’s own wrong choice.