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They are 'supposed' to increase the blood flow in the compressed area after exercise to aid recovery.
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I've used them by the way. Do they do anything? Not sure. Was my recovery adequate for things like L2P and TOI? Yes.
"They can't hurt" was my logic behind trying them.