Basketball players, runners, weight lifters, and everyday gym-goers are always looking for an extra edge, and they think compression gear might be just the thing. By squeezing yourself into these ...

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If you scan through the crowd at the starting line of one of the season's many fun runs, you might wonder if some of the attendees got lost on their way to a soccer match. Todd Liubinskas in his ...

You might associate compression socks with your grandparents or a hospital setting. But the stockings have become a trendy travel and wellness accessory among social-media users—and doctors say they ...

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Today is Patriot Day, a celebrated event in New England. It is also a special day for runners from all parts of the globe, as more than 25,000 of them conquer 26.2 miles in the Boston Marathon, ...

News flash: an arguably mundane component of our wardrobe may deserve a rethink. Our socks are rarely considered for their health benefits, but high-tech compression socks are changing this landscape.

Lots of people wear compression gear when they run or workout at the gym, but are they actually doing anything beneficial for you? We spoke with an expert on body movement, Dr. Reed Ferber, director ...

Running a single mile — at about a 10-minute pace — consists of 1,700 steps. And each one of those steps produces ground reaction forces of about two and a half times your body weight. And you know ...