Why do we need compression socks for running?
Compression models are in great demand among sports professionals and amateurs. Gaiters and knee-highs for athletes are more than a beautiful accessory. Are they all needed and useful? How to choose them and what to pay attention to?
Why do we need sports compression socks
Compression underwear is different from simple distributed pressure on the body. Where ordinary things just lie on the body, fit and close, compression - work hard. They create different pressures on different parts of the body, helping to maintain shape, providing a certain density and pressure. Sports compression is akin to a medical concept: the difference in pressure is that clothes and underwear are artificially created to facilitate the movement of blood through the veins.
However, sports socks are significantly different from medical mesh products. They perform much more functions, for example:
- Regulate heat transfer. The special weaving of the yarns and the composition ensures the preservation of heat and prevents the muscles and ligaments from being supercooled. Energy losses for heat generation are reduced. A kind of prevention of occupational injuries.
- Regulate perspiration. Again, weaving creates different conditions for storing heat, evaporating and draining moisture on the surface of the body, with which the socks are in contact. As a result, in sports compression golfs and leggings, legs do not sweat much.
- Smart compression. This is the main purpose of such underwear: active sports often affect the work of the cardiovascular system. If there are problems with the veins, compression garments can reduce discomfort, relieve the condition of the legs during severe exertion and prevent varicose veins.
- Bright design. Depending on the manufacturer's proposals and your own preferences, you can choose versatile practical colors or bright neon shades that will easily lift your spirits and become a symbol of joy and pleasure from sports activities.
It should be noted that sports socks are not analogous to medical types of underwear. If there are problems with the 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 gentle 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 in the leg muscles. Help to "work" and increase efficiency.
- Recovery. These socks are worn after sports loads. Here, the pressure of the laundry will be significantly less, this is a transition between the “active” and the normal state for the muscles. However, they do not give the extremities to swell, the pain effect decreases.
Tips for choosing
When choosing a sports socks, 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.
- Pre-measure the calf and ankle volume. Focus on your size when choosing a golf.
- In quality golf there are no longitudinal seams, and the nose is more comfortable if it is made flat. Knee socks should lie evenly over the leg, without forming folds and creases. The ideal length is 1-2 centimeters below the knee bend. You can not tuck them, socks should sit "like a glove."Otherwise the compression will be incorrect.
Features of Nike and Asics models
Professional sports companies develop their own technology for comfortable and safe running.
Nike models have a large variety of choices and interesting color scheme. The use of combined textures and materials in different zones solves the issues of practicality in wearing (reinforced toe and golf heel), drainage.
Asics offers customers their own solutions in the form of special fibers that provide soft compression. Such sports socks "quench" the extra vibration, reduce the associated loads, so that all the forces and energy are directed to the speed and safety of movement. Laconic and pleasant colors.
Both companies offer female and male models, unisex models for both training and recovery. The campaign of companies to design pleases, because compression socks are really equipment, and not just an accessory for a person who loves sports and takes care of his health.
