In an attempt to facilitate post exercise recovery, many athletes and teams implement recovery strategies such as contrast water therapy and low intensity active exercise protocols. However sometimes it is not possible to implement such strategies and compression garments represent a passive recovery technique that is simple and convenient. In a recent study recovery after a rugby match was compared when four different recovery techniques were implemented (5). The four techniques included compression garments, contrast water therapy, low intensity active exercise and passive recovery. Creatine Kinase, an enzyme that provides and indication of muscle damage was measured before, immediately after, and at 36 and 84 hours post match. Results indicated that compression garments, contrast water therapy and low intensity active exercise enhanced CK clearance more than passive recovery. This study illustrates that compression garments are as effective as many other popular recovery techniques while offering the advantage of being more convenient under certain conditions (eg away games).