Compression socks
Graduated-pressure socks worn after hard training or on long flights
Knee-high socks knitted to squeeze hardest at the ankle and progressively less up the calf, so muscle contraction pushes blood and lymph back toward the heart. Athletes pull them on for long flights and after hard sessions. Studies on whether they speed recovery disagree. On swelling during long stretches of sitting still, the evidence looks better.
Who backs it
Sorted by strength of stance
- Kelly StarrettRecommends
Doctor of physical therapy · The Ready State
Pulling a pair on after you sit down or board a plane makes a real difference, he says, and it is on the short recovery list he gives teams and soldiers. LeBron James wearing compression before a flight is the example he reaches for.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show: Kelly Starrett Q&A, episode 85 transcript
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