Compression sportswear

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Compression Sportwear or Compression tights is designed to help give athletes a physical and psychological competitive advantage over their opponents.

The main benefits of wearing compression tights are:

- Improving athletic performance by maintaining repeated jump performance

- Reduce muscle movement and vibration and focus the direction of the muscle

- Reducing the risk of Sports injuries

- Maintaining body temperature and moisture wicking

- Reducing the build up of Creatie Kinase which is an indicator of muscle tissue damage.

- Reducing the time taken for muscles to repair themselves [1]

- Reducing muscle soreness during post workout recovery

- As an alternative to Compression stockings they can be worn during long flights to reduce the risk of Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) caused by pooling of blood in the lower legs

These factors allow an athlete to increase both the duration and intesnity of training and competition.

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