Can hosiery make you happier?

ITEM m6 hosiery is created from the same compression form-fit used in sportswear and compression socks. The idea is that pressure is placed via fabric onto a meridian (the ‘M6’, in acupuncture vernacular) located two inches above the ankle. In Chinese medicine this is the spleen point, one of the most widely used acupuncture/acupressure points for general wellbeing. Its stimulation can supposedly lead to increased circulation and energy, stress reduction and an overall feeling of lightness. Would I really finish this article feeling happier than when I started because of what I was wearing? And would my colleague Richard, who was trialling the sock range, be more productive than he usually he is? Impossible. “Well this is the general idea and they do work”, explains Mathias Schulz, head of international sales at Medi, a German company that makes tights with compression technology.