What does the link between GK Icon and our Medical support team mean to you?
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The physical challenges of the modern game means that all professional players including goalkeepers must have exceptional fitness, strive to stay injury free, and ensure this is maintained for the duration of a career. The lower limb is undoubtedly an area that is pushed to an extreme, so care and attention to this area is crucial. Even a minor dip in lower limb condition can affect the ability to train and reduce performance by impacting on speed, positioning, proprioception and jump height.
The team at GK Icon recognise the need to maintain the health of goalkeepers due to the exceptional physical demand they place on their bodies. We have partnered with the key medical professionals from University College London involved in the care of professional footballers to provide advice and support to specific areas of lower limb health. These areas include the correct use of medical grade graduated compression, joint health, podiatry (medically designed insoles) and general medical limb issues.
Evexar Compression Advisory (ECAL) is a major sports subsidiary of University College London (UCL) and has worked with numerous premiership and international teams advising and educating players about the correct use of medical grade graduated compression (GC). This product is clinically proven and designed by vascular surgeons and is now used by the majority of premiership players for recovery, training and general daywear conditioning.
The link formed between GK Icon and ECAL will have several benefits, including offering advice, product links, and links to Dr Akbar de' Medici.