Performance Health

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Performance Health
FormerlyHygenic Corporation
TypePrivate
Industry Manufacturing
Founded1925 (Hygenic)
FounderChris Cox, Craig Cox , Perry Isenberg
Headquarters Warrenville, Illinois, U.S.
Number of locations
8
Area served
Worldwide
Products
  • Dyna-Band
  • Aquafins
  • Parabath
  • Hygenic
Revenue$70 million (2006)
OwnerMadison Dearborn Partners
Number of employees
230 (2016)
Website www.performancehealth.com
Footnotes /references
[1] [2]

Performance Health is a medical and physical therapy supply manufacturing company head-quartered in Illinois, United States. The company is a merge of two companies: Performance Health Inc, which originated in Export, Pennsylvania and Hygenic Corporation which originated in Akron, Ohio. They manufacture and deliver products for the healthcare industry, such as mobility and physical therapy equipment, diagnostic tools, and pain relief products. [3] "Hygenic Corp. Acquires Performance Health". Message Magazine. January 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-23.</ref>

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History

Hygenic Corporation was founded in 1925 by Walter P. Keith. [4] They originated the Thera-Band, Dyna-Band, Parabath, and Hygenic products. [5]

In 2006, Hygenic bought Performance Health Inc., a company from Export, Pennsylvania that makes the Biofreeze topical analgesic and the Prossage warming massage ointment. [6] [5]

Hygenic has changed hands several times being bought and sold by private equity firms. [7] [8] [9]

In 2016, Hygenic / Performance Health was acquired by Patterson Medical. Its headquarters was moved to Warrenville, Illinois, but its facilities at Akron, Ohio and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio were retained. [2]

In 2018, the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Portland Trail Blazers selected Biofreeze as their jersey patch sponsor. [10] [11] [12]

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References

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