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Fit Your Heart
Relax your body, relax your heart
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With advanced science and technology, HOLZAC is designed to fit everyone.
HOLZAC is here to support you today, and transform your tomorrow.
JAPAN'S LEADING AUTHORITY IN SPORTS MEDICINE
Supervision of Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Shunichi Yoshimatsu
HOLZAC is a series of supportive gear that I developed in collaboration with TOSCOM and HOLZAC makes taping easy-to-wear.
As I suprivised the production process, we took two things into consideration.
Targeted strong fixation, no extra tightness
Support braces or sleeves that tighten around the entire joint have strong stablizing power, but they can also become problematic as they also immobolize the joint, making us difficult to move our body. Support sleeves that are too tight can also inhibit blood flow.
What a support sleeves should do is to apply compression only on the needed areas.
Taping (kinesiology tape) is excellent in this regard, but applying/using such technique by oneself every day is not easy as it requires special knowledge and techniques.
In this regard, with our silicone structure, HOLZAC is a product that makes taping easily wearable.
To design a comfortable-to-wear product.
A support sleeve with too tight or too loose fabric, will not be comfortable to wear in everyday life.
It is also impractical if it is too troublesome to wear for the elderly or the busy ones.
To solve these problems, we had patients trying the products and giving us feedbacks during the production. With these efforts, HOLZAC turned out to be an impressive product with effective taping functions.
I am over 80 years old now and I personally wear HOLZAC to protect my joints during my baseball practises. It is very comfortable. I do recommend healthy people to wear HOLZAC when enjoying their sports activities as well.
Profile
As an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Matsuyoshi is the pioneer who popularized sports medicine in Japan.
He was the first ever team doctor for Japanese professional baseball world, and has since held a number of positions in the sports industry outside of baseball to contribute to the development of the sports.
He himself devoted his life managing baseball leagues and competed as a player. At over 80 years old, he still conducts research on baseball training theories.
He also appears in many magazines and TV shows.
Made in Japan
HOLZAC is a support sleeve brand developed and produced at our own factory in Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture famous for long life expetancy.
Our high quality products are made with craftsmanship.
We inspect each and every item to make sure we supply safe products that have passed our strict inspection standards.
Intertionally patented 3D Taping Structure
Taping is an effective method that applies special adhesive or elastic tape (kinesiology tape) around joints to support joint and muscle function and to prevent injury.
How does taping help? Taping can 1) limit the range of motion of the joint, 2) prevent aggravation of the injured area and reinjury, 3) reduce pain by compressing the target area, 4) alleviate anxiety about injury and pain, etc.
However, taping has disadvantages. It requires specialized knowledge, periodic reapplication. In some cases, improper taping might even make the injury worse. These can make it difficult for individuals to tape properly.
In addition, many support sleeves have the following problems in general: 1) they compress more than necessary, and 2) the fabric is too thick to use in daily life. To solve these problems, we developed a new concept of 3D silicone taping structure that uses silicone to simulate taping.
The main feature of HOLZAC is the silicone structure that applies compression only on the targeted areas around the joint.
Our support sleeves with our 3D silicone taping structure are patented in Japan, USA and China.
*Patent acquisition status varies by product.