GRADUATED COMPRESSION. DEFINED.

STEP 4

Depleted blood reaches the heart, where it is replenished with oxygen and vital nutrients and recirculated to help with continued exercise, or to begin recovery and healing.

STEP 3

Compression enhanced circulation allows for quicker filtration of lactic acid, blood lactate, lymph, and other waste materials, aiding recovery even during the continuation of exercise.

STEP 2

Compression helps deoxygenated blood overcome gravity and move more quickly toward the heart. Returning lymph to the bloodstream helps prevent the excess buildup of fluid – swelling -- in tissue and joints, which can limit mobility and increase recovery time.

STEP 1

Graduated compression design “squeezes” oxygen-depleted blood and lymphatic fluid from the feet and lower legs upward against gravity and through the circulatory and lymph systems.

Unlike blood, lymphatic fluid is not pumped by the heart, but squeezed through the vessels when we use our muscles, a process that is enhanced by graduated compression.