McDavid has come far from the beginnings in 1969. From a basement in Bellwood, IL, to the production facility and global headquarters in Woodridge, IL, they now manufacture and market over 400 different innovative products for athletes and active people of all ages. McDavid is the most widely used and recommended brand of braces among sports medical professionals and the industry leader in sports medical products, technical performance athletic wear and consumer merchandising. Their most recent innovation, HexPad™ Technology, is changing the way athletes wear under clothing by fusing padding to performance fabrics and defining an entire new category we call Protective Apparel.