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Athlete Testimonials

Squid has been busy recently! Helping athletes around the country recover faster and perform better. Here's what some of our users have had to say...

"Using the squid has enabled me to accelerate my post game recovery dramatically, especially as it's easy and portable for the long journeys!" Christian Ribeiro, Exeter City FC

"The Scott Physiotherapy team used Squid units extensively at the Isle of Man TT Races 2015. We were extremely impressed by the ease of use, portability, battery life and the results of the Squid system, so much so that we came to the conclusion at the end of the race meeting that they were essential kit for TT2016". Isla Scott, Lead Physio Isle of Man TT

"We have utilised the lightweight and mobile units on our away travel with ease and to good effect, we often have them out daily for use in the physio room. We like having the option to use them for sequential compression without the gel packs as well and this is something we may use further as part of our recovery processes in training.” Julie Snow, Senior Team Physiotherapist, Worcester Warriors.

“I have liked using the Squid unit for icing around the club, it gives me the freedom to move around whilst getting my recovery done! It definitely gets cold enough and provides a good mix of pressures depending on which body part you need to treat.” Chris Pennell, Worcester Warriors Player

"High quality construction, effective, compact and simple to use". Craig Ranson, WRU Physiotherapist

"The SQUID device has been a vital aid to my recovery from anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Daily treatment from the SQUID allowed me to reduce the swelling and progress my rehab further. The portability of the unit is brilliant so I could take it with me to training and use immediately after. The fact that the unit can be used with ice packs and on it's own for compression has really been a blessing. Thank you so much to the team who provided excellent customer service". JJ Jegede GB Long Jumper

What's Different About The Squid?

With the Squid beginning to be the centre of conversation within the medical world, the main question we (SPORTTAPE) are asked when showing medical teams is;

So what is different about the Squid?

It's fairly simple really; it is the worlds smallest, most portable sequential ice compression device. Rather than using water, the Squid uses frozen gel packs to provide cold deep into the muscle. Straight out of the freezer the Squid gel packs reach a pretty chilly temperature of -18 degrees! So there is no doubt that the cold will be driving deep for the full 15 minute treatment.

Now along with the temperature reaching -18 degrees, the Squid wraps provide sequential compression meaning that the wraps can be used for both recovery and injury treatment! These wraps have individual air chambers which inflate distally to proximally allowing for a continuous 'pump' to help the muscles recover.

The Squid unit itself is by far the smallest on the market, weighing just 1.2kg it is perfect for travelling and with a battery life of 50 treatments to a full charge it is great for tough weekend training camps!

The Squid Compression's first week is a success!

The Squid Compression Device has gone off with a bang! In just one week we (SPORTTAPE LTD) have had athletes across a range of sports asking to trial the device and the feedback has been impressive!

Initially we sent the devices off to the Welsh Rugby Union for their Autumn series, and we were delighted to hear the feedback that Craig Ranson, one of the squad physio's gave us.

"The Squid ticks all the boxes. High quality construction, compact, simple to use, and effectively delivers cold and compression to all major body parts"

Since then we (SPORTTAPE LTD) have sent a trial unit to Jacques Burger, the Saracens and Namibia flanker, who sent us in this pretty awesome picture of him using it! 

If you fancy giving the Squid device a go we (SPORTTAPE LTD) have a 14 day no quibble return policy and with a pre-order price from just £499 so get in touch now!