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2. Compression stockings - Wikipedia

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   Compression stockings are elastic compression garments worn around the leg, compressing the limb. This reduces the diameter of distended veins and increases venous blood flow velocity and valve effectiveness. Compression therapy helps decrease venous pressure, prevents venous stasis and impairments of venous walls, and relieves heavy and aching ...

3. Compression garment - Wikipedia

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   A bellyband, wrap, or abdominal binder is a compression garment which resembles a tubetop but worn over the abdomen of expectant mothers. [2] Bellybands are also commonly worn post-childbirth to help provide abdominal and back support thereby making it easier to perform day to day tasks, and to help mothers with their posture.

4. Martha Stewart's 'perfect' puffer vest is an Amazon sensation

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   This feminine-yet-practical (as Martha called it herself) short-sleeved puffer vest is making a splash over at Amazon (oh, and speaking of, you can wash stains out easily, of course, because: Martha).

5. Mechanical counterpressure suit - Wikipedia

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   A mechanical counterpressure (MCP) suit, partial pressure suit, direct compression suit, or space activity suit (SAS) is an experimental spacesuit which applies stable pressure against the skin by means of skintight elastic garments. The SAS is not inflated like a conventional spacesuit: it uses mechanical pressure, rather than air pressure, to ...

6. Livestrong Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The Livestrong Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that provides support for people affected by cancer. The foundation, based in Austin, Texas , was established in 1997 by cancer survivor and former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong , as the Lance Armstrong Foundation . [ 1 ]

7. Spandex - Wikipedia

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   The exceptional elasticity of spandex fibers increases the clothing's pressure comfort, enhancing the ease of body movements. Pressure comfort is the response towards clothing by the human body's pressure receptors (mechanoreceptors present in skin sensory cells). The sensation response is affected mainly by the stretch, snug, loose, heavy ...