Why Compression gear should be in your running wardrobe

Welcome to this week’s edition of Run Talk SA, I’m David Katz, Mr Active. I can’t believe that it’s already just over a week since the 90th edition of the Comrades Marathon. I’m sure there are a lot of sore runners still out there. One aspect to look at after any race, let alone Comrades, is recovery and after training sessions and how important that recovery aspect is. One way that you can look at aiding your recovery, not only while you’re training, but also after the fact is with the use of compression gear. It really is an industry that has exploded over the last few years in South Africa and we’re joined today by Adriaan Diederichs from Babcock Health. They’re the distributors of Sigvaris, a Swiss based compression gear company here in South Africa. Adriaan, thanks for joining, just first of all, how did you get into the compression gear market?