Anatomical Support Panels (ASP) developed and patented by SRC Health deliver targeted compression.
This can be ideal for wound healing and treating multiple conditions such as recovery from abdominal
and back surgeries, gynaecological procedures and back pain, as well as reducing the risk of DVT by improving mobility.
The unique SRC fabric technology promotes muscle activation by providing continuous gentle compression to the pelvis,
back and abdominal muscles.3 Activation of muscle provides greater stability to a wound while it is healing.3
Early mobility following surgery is deemed crucial, since postoperative immobilisation is widely held to contribute to cardiovascular
instability,4 thromboembolic complications,5 and catabolism,4 in addition to pulmonary morbidity.6 Wound compression after major abdominal
surgery can enhance the speed of postoperative recovery of walk performance.7
The garments also assist with swelling reduction. Feeling like a second skin and without being tight,
the gentle compression increases the pressure in the tissue under the skin. This reduces swelling by
moving the excess fluid that builds up around the wound back into the deeper venous blood vessels and
back to the heart. Increasing venous and lymphatic drainage from around a wound allows for nutrient
rich oxygenated blood to infiltrate the tissue allowing for faster healing.8
The ASP deliver True Cross Compression (TCC) as each layer within the panel is cut on a different plane so
that during activity no compression is lost at any time.
The research and development of our fabric was extensive as we wanted to ensure that it provided support and
comfort with no feeling of restriction.
Our uniquely milled fabric goes through rigorous independent testing to ensure that it is of the highest
quality and can stretch and return to its original shape consistently after wash and wear to provide you
with optimal performance and a longer lasting garment.
To make sure we deliver this we decided to test our fabric against one of the leading compression brands in the
marketplace to assess whether the compression properties were sustained after multiple washes and how this
compared to the other brand.
We subjected the fabric to 100 wash cycles followed by an extension test. Our fabric not only retained its
original size and shape (against the competitor which shrunk significantly) but also retained the same high
level of compression at the conclusion of testing.
For more SurgiHeal garments research see: https://www.srchealth.com/media/uploaded/AU-SRCH-04-2016-028-Manuscript-SurgiHeal-Final.pdf
REFERENCES
1.The Effect of Abdominal Support on Functional Outcomes in Patients Following Major Abdominal Surgery:
A Randomized Controlled Trial. Physiotherapy Can. 2010; 62:242–25 Oren Cheifetz, S. Deborah Lucy, Tom J. Overend, Jean Crowe.
2. srchealth.com/media/uploaded/AU-SRCH-04-2016-028-Manuscript-SurgiHeal-Final.pdf
3. SRC Recovery Shorts, Research Laboratory Analysis of Functional Effect. Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas, Cátedra de Fisioterapia,
Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía, Spain June 2017
4. Early ambulation and prevention of post-operative thrombo-embolic risk. Basse L, Raskov HH, Jakobsen DH,
Sonne E, Billesbølle P, Hendel HW, et al. Accelerated postoperative recovery programme after colonic resection
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A Randomized Controlled Trial. Physiotherapy Can. 2010; 62:242–25 Oren Cheifetz, S. Deborah Lucy, Tom J. Overend, Jean Crowe.
8. An Overview of Compression Therapy October 18, 2010 Volume 4 Issue 10 - October 2010 By Meghan Hegarty, MS.
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