Air compression boots used in medical institutions
Air recovery boots, also known as air compression therapy boots or intermittent pneumatic compression legs. It mainly forms circulatory pressure on limbs and tissues by repeatedly inflating and deflating multi-chamber airbags in sequence.
Theoretically, by applying air pressure to the limbs in an orderly manner, it can promote the flow of blood and lymph and improve microcirculation. Air compression therapy on the lower limbs can accelerate the return of tissue fluid in the limbs, help prevent the formation of thrombosis, eliminate limb edema, and can directly or indirectly treat many diseases related to blood and lymph circulation.
Recovery compression boots used in family daily life
Nowadays, the leg recovery system is not only used in medical institutions but also becoming more and more popular for ordinary people, athletes, sports teams, physical therapists, trainers, coaches, yoga players, chiropractors, old people, and office people who sit quite a lot every day, etc. As air compression leg massagers are great for relaxation, refresh, and recovery for daily exercise and workouts.
The two main factors of pneumatic compression boots/air compression leg massager
When using air-relax recovery boots to prevent deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities, the two main indicators that affect the treatment effect are the magnitude of the pressure and the time of applying the pressure.
What are the common air pressure values in the market for most pneumatic compression devices?
As there are more and more models of air compression boots coming into the market, and they all claim different air pressure levels.
Their body claims 20-100 mmHg in increments of 5
Hyperice and Air relax: didn’t claim
Some claims from 30-240mmHg
So, here comes 2 questions:
Is it right that,
The higher the pressure value, the better it is for the human body.
The higher the air pressure it can reach, the better the device will be.
Let’s see the 1st question first.
The higher the pressure value, the better it is for the human body.
Some people always think that if the pressure is high and the time is long, the therapeutic effect will be good.
Some people even think that the obvious air pressure in the limbs is the only way to achieve the therapeutic effect.
However, this is not the case.
Why?
The air compression boots recovery system working mode imitates to the greatest extent the human physiological mode of muscle contraction to promote venous blood return during lower extremity exercise and achieves the physical effect of promoting venous blood return produced by gastrocnemius muscle contraction during lower extremity exercise.
The person being massaged should feel a little sore, but it is completely bearable,
But if he feels unbearable, or even flustered, dizzy, nauseous, etc., it means that pressure strength has been too high, user shall stop the air inflation right away and adjust the pressure value to be lower until he feels better.
If the air pressure is too light, it will not have a therapeutic effect.
If the air pressure is too heavy, it will cause other injuries, such as ligaments, muscles, fascia and other tissues may be injured due to excessive massage force. In addition, if there is heart disease, high blood pressure, etc., it may also cause the recurrence of these diseases due to excessive force.
What’s the best compression pressure value?
To sum up, this depends on each person. As long as the venous filling is sufficient during the decompression time, even though the pressure value might be small, the therapeutic effect will be good too, This doesn’t require high pressure.
Who are not suitable for using the air compression recovery system?
And, one more kind suggestion:
The recovery compression device is intended for use by people in good health. This system is not recommended for people who have heart problems, vascular problems, skin problems, a history of cancer or vascular disease, or a condition requiring the use of any medical device or any condition that may affect their normal well-being.
If you are or may be, pregnant, consult with your physician before use.
Do not use this system over insensitive or numb areas, or in the presence of poor circulation.
Do not use if you have been diagnosed with blood clots, deep vein thrombosis, or phlebitis.
This system should not be used over swollen or inflamed areas or skin eruptions.
Do not use it in the presence of unexplained calf pain.
Consult your physician before use.
Regarding the 2nd question:
Is the higher the air pressure it can reach, the better the device will be?
The answer will be absolute YES, since the higher the air pressure it can reach, the better pump, better motor, and better battery will be built in.
Meanwhile, the garments, esp. the boots need to be of really high quality, otherwise, the boots will be explored during inflation.
What’s the recommendation for people who wants to buy a Leg recovery system?
To sum up, if you want to solve the issue such as muscle soreness, muscle pain, post-surgery healing, post-exercise massage, or tough workout, and want to reduce swelling, speed the blood flow for better blood circulation, recover faster, you can consider buying a pneumatic compression device, as they do have below benefit:
· Increases blood flow circulation and lymphatic drainage
· Relaxes muscles by reducing muscle soreness & fatigue
· Alleviates swelling and stiffness
· Leads to a faster recovery
· Provides safe & precise air pressure massage
· Helpful for varicose veins & venous insufficiencies
Here is my suggestion of the specification for the best compression boots:
- Wireless, battery-powered, not corded, as it will bring you a lot of conveniences; The higher battery capacity, the better runtime you will have.
- The wireless control unit needs to have the ability: can keep working while it’s in the charging process.
- Multiple boots sizes and garments shall be available, which means that not only boots but there are also other options such as arm attachments, hip attachments, and abdominal/belly attachments. The boot’s size shall be XL, XXL, and XXXL available as well.
- Easy to read and operate, with a bigger LED screen, an OLED screen is preferred. As there are some units which are quite difficult to read, annoying.
- There shall be more chambers, 4 chambers, 6 chambers, 8 chambers are available in the market, 4 chambers are common, but 8 chambers are the best to have. Also, they shall be overlapping chambers, not individually between each other.
- Among each chamber, there shall be a patented compression sequence. Sequential Intermittent air compression boots, not normal compression boots.
- The pressure intensity and massage time shall be customized, not a default value. So that you can always find the most suitable setting for yourself.
- Pressure intensity can be 50-240mmGh. Don’t be too low.
- For an easy understanding, here is a chart:
Hopefully, the above can be helpful to you.
Wish you good health!
