I think you might see a benefit although as far as I’ve heard, it’s individual between runners. I hope that has given you some ideas on when to wear your compression socks or tights. But again, it doesn’t hurt and there’s no reason not to try. Evidence hasn’t proven conclusively that wearing them during sleep can offer any sorts of benefits. With that in mind, wearing them during sleep could be helpful. If you’re sitting a lot for your job, I think it’s going to be even more helpful and it’s not harmful. It might help to stop the blood pooling in the legs and help the blood flow back up towards the heart and therefore system recovery. Regarding wearing them afterwards based on how they work, it does make sense to put them on after harder sessions or long runs. Wearing them on your easy days probably isn’t necessary as the easy one should be about recovering and not to anyway. The author of The Real-World study that showed improvements to recovery, suggests that athletes wear the socks for long or hard sessions, and for 24 hours following them.Īs some studies have shown benefits in performance, it doesn’t hurt to wear them during your quality workouts and long runs. So worth a go.īack to your question on when to wear them. One real world study showed, the athletes who raced in compression socks recovered more quickly and had less muscle damage. However, as there aren’t any known negative effects, you just had to try them and having slightly less sore legs is very welcome as a runner. Research has indicated that the socks don’t directly improve recovery time or physiological parameters of recovery. However, some experts argue that this might be due to the perceiver effect of wearing their socks. They’ve also been shown to have a slight positive effect on endurance performance. Research has suggested that they do receive perceptions in your races. medical practice for a while and now also fairly popular for improving sports performance and recovery.ĭespite their popularity, evidence isn’t conclusive.
They help to encourage blood flow back up towards the heart and counter the effects of gravity that can cause blood to pull in ability. During your run or only after? If during, should you wear them on hard and easy days or just one or the other? What about while you sleep?
Today we have a great question from Alex.Īlex: When is the best time to wear compression socks. I hope you are having a great day and thank you so much for tuning in. I am here to answer your running and training questions so that you can train smarter, stay healthy, and achieve your goals. Welcome to Runners Connect Run to the Top Extra Kick Podcast.
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