Top-quality protective gear that ensures you perform at your best
Designed to help athletes train harder, recover faster, and perform better.
Our products offer pain relief, support, and protection tailored to your specific sport.
McDavid Inc. designs and markets sports medicine, sports protection, and performance apparel for active people and athletes. We are relentless in our pursuit of preventing injuries and enhancing performance.
Our story began in 1969 when Dr. Robert F. McDavid Jr., the company's namesake and founder emeritus, created the first widely used protective knee brace for football. After a period of grass-roots growth, a company incorporated as McDavid Knee Guard Inc. in 1980.
Today, McDavid products top the recommendation lists of pro athletes, sports medicine professionals and athletic trainers. rom our research-backed ankle braces to compression shorts with patented technology, McDavid products address both the broad range and the specific needs of professional - and every day - athletes across variety of sports.
McDavid also has a global story to tell - from our headquarters in Southern California and our subsidiaries in Canada, Japan and Europe, to our growing worldwide distribution. Our goal remains to continue our legacy of leading edge products that inspire confidence and help athletes of every level achieve their potential.
We aim to be the first choice for all athletes looking to enhance performance, increase protection and accelerate recovery. We want to be an essential part of every athlete’s training, motivation and success.
At McDavid, we’re convinced that sport can change people. We are certain that fair play and hard workbring integrity to any game.
We know people want to be smart about the way they train, compete and live. We know that substance iscool and never goes out of style. We believe a company can possess a soul. We celebrate athleticism withoutcynicism. We tend to go for it on fourth down.
McDavid is about putting the athlete first. To that end, we have many gleaming first place trophies in our corporate showcase. Here are a few from our highlight reel.
McDavid stands as a pioneer in the evolution of sports medicine, taking the lead in offering a wide variety of products to suit your needs. With a keen emphasis on protection and reducing the incidence of injury, we are proud to support an athletes’ return to activity and enhance their performance.
McDavid SportMed® products play an integral role in sportsmedicine and support the ultimate goal of all athletes toperform at their best.
Laser focus on the journey. McDavid is a pioneer in the evolutionof sports medicine and the industry leader in sports medicineproducts with a keen focus on providing protection and helping reduce the incidence of injury.
SHOP SPORTMED® BRACES & SUPPORTS
McDavid products support and protect key body areas, enabling ease of movement while maintaining a strong level of protection.On the leading edge of sports protection is McDavid’s HEX® technology of lightweight hexagon cells that conform to the body and provide different levels of support to match athletic needs and type of activity.
Great performance is thoughtful performance. At McDavid, we think about every element and how to squeeze out any advantage.McDavid is about highly intelligent gear that’s a hybrid blend of prevention, protection and always, performance. Recovery apparel directly affects performance by influencing your ability to train fully and consistently.
McDavid Recovery gear reduces lactic acid build-up, increases blood flow for faster muscle fatigue recovery and improved circulation. We virtually and literally support better performance with our unique technologies of Cross Compression™, and Targeted Compression™. Designed to help any athlete focus on improving performance, achieving more and crushing personal bests.
