"GOOD FOR YOU: BASE LAYERS", SKI MAGAZINE, PAGE 38

12.1.2008

OPEDIX S1 TIGHTS

What Is It?: Designed with help from Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation, these sports pants use an anchor and sling design to stabilize the outside of your knee joint and mitigate medial knee-compartment load. Translation: They reduce outward movement and pressure on your knee by up to 7 percent, which translates to three to four tons of accumulated load over a day of skiing. Opedix, like the others, is made from wicking compression fabric.

For You If… you already have or think you’re at risk for developing osteoarthritis. Regularly active folks, that means you.

Look Elsewhere If… you’ve suffered an acute injury to your knee joint. Depending on the severity of your injury, you might require a stronger brace.

Price & Info: $190; www.opedix.com