compression
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He briefly tried wearing compression socks for his swelling ankles, but stopped because he didn’t like them.
There’s a belt squat machine, for people with shoulder impingement or spinal compression issues; a bilateral leg press which helps with imbalances; “specialty bars” which help avoid impact on the shoulders.
From Los Angeles Times
Other brands have launched garments that use several different technologies—including tiny resin beads and graduated compression systems—to stimulate the lymphatic system.
He says that investors’ more critical assessment of the AI sector’s balance sheets, potential returns on investment, likely margin compression and the problem of energy bottlenecks, is a good thing.
From MarketWatch
That would represent a compression from an adjusted Ebitda margin of 31.8% for the previous fiscal year.
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