A compression garment extending longitudinally from a waist to at least a distal or lower end of the gastrocnemius or the soleus of each leg of a wearer, the garment comprising: at least one panel (5, 7) of stretchable material stitched together by a plurality of seams (6, 8) to form a compression garment outer having a waist portion and a pair of leg portions wherein the compression garment outer includes an inside surface facing the user and an external surface, the panel having a warp or longitudinal stretch of between 150% to 225%; at least one frictive element (12, 13) attached to the inside of the compression garment outer and extending from the waist to the distal or lower end of the gastrocnemius or to the soleus wherein the frictive element has a warp or longitudinal stretch of between 101% to 125%, the frictive element having a plurality of strips of predetermined constant or non-constant width; wherein a first frictive strip extends from the waist about the tensor fasciae latae or sartorius muscle head down to the Sartorius muscle near a top of the vastus medialis, a second frictive strip extending from the waist about the gluteus medius around the vastus intermedius and converging with the first strip over the Sartorius muscle, and a third strip extending from the gluteus maximus at the waist adjacent the spine around the vastus lateralis to converge with the second frictive strip over the iliotibial tract whereby the converged second and third strips extend along the vastus intermedus and converge with the first strip at the sartorius muscle and extending along the rectus femoris a predetermined distance above the patella bifurcating along each side thereof, the frictive element extending a predetermined distance below the patella and around the tibia about the iliotibial tract joining at the distal or lower end of the gastrocnemius muscles or the soleus muscle. at least one panel (5, 7) of stretchable material stitched together by a plurality of seams (6, 8) to form a compression garment outer having a waist portion and a pair of leg portions wherein the compression garment outer includes an inside surface facing the user and an external surface, the panel having a warp or longitudinal stretch of between 150% to 225%; at least one frictive element (12, 13) attached to the inside of the compression garment outer and extending from the waist to the distal or lower end of the gastrocnemius or to the soleus wherein the frictive element has a warp or longitudinal stretch of between 101% to 125%, the frictive element having a plurality of strips of predetermined constant or non-constant width; wherein a first frictive strip extends from the waist about the tensor fasciae latae or sartorius muscle head down to the Sartorius muscle near a top of the vastus medialis, a second frictive strip extending from the waist about the gluteus medius around the vastus intermedius and converging with the first strip over the Sartorius muscle, and a third strip extending from the gluteus maximus at the waist adjacent the spine around the vastus lateralis to converge with the second frictive strip over the iliotibial tract whereby the converged second and third strips extend along the vastus intermedus and converge with the first strip at the sartorius muscle and extending along the rectus femoris a predetermined distance above the patella bifurcating along each side thereof, the frictive element extending a predetermined distance below the patella and around the tibia about the iliotibial tract joining at the distal or lower end of the gastrocnemius muscles or the soleus muscle.