Author: CAPE Bionics

CAPE – What do professional sports teams think?

CAPE Bionics have revolutionised sports compression by providing custom fit medical grade compression. CAPE garments are sized to each individual based on a 3D scan ensuring perfect fit and optimal compression for every player on the team. CAPE is the compression brand of choice for many professional sports teams around

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CAPE V Off the Shelf Compression brands – What’s the difference?

CAPE are more than just another compression brand. CAPE garments are medical grade compression garments custom fitted to each individual based on a 3D scan. This ensures that elite athletes are provided with professional compression garments that actually work! CAPE Bionics Other compression brands Medical grade compression – TGA class

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How can soccer players benefit from custom fit compression?

Compression garments have been widely used by soccer players for many years. We take a look into the demands of the game, competition schedules and how compression garments can assist soccer players with performance, recovery, and busy travel schedules. Demands of professional soccer The physiological demands of a professional soccer

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Custom fit compression – Positive benefits for every athlete

Compression garments work but only if they fit perfectly and apply the correct compression regime. Research has shown that off the shelf compression garments provide variable levels of compression and inconsistent benefits (Hill et al., 2015). Custom fit is the only way to ensure that each athlete receives accurate compression

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Why Cape Garments are Better than Pneumatic Compression Devices

Why CAPE Garments are Better than Pneumatic Compression Devices

Inflatable compression boots and arm sleeves have become a popular tool amongst athletes for improving recovery but what does the science tell us about their effectiveness? The use of compression originated in the medical industry as a way of treating burns and vascular conditions. Due to the associated physiological benefits

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Compression Garments – Athlete perception of recovery

Compression Garments – Athlete perception of recovery

Research into the effectiveness of compression garments has focused largely on the impact on athlete recovery. Both objective and subjective markers have been used in research and practice to determine the recovery status of an athlete. Objective markers may be performance markers, physiological markers or biochemical markers, whereas subjective markers

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