An orthopaedic compress support is used on the leg, including the knee and the various muscle groups of the leg. The support has a panel of flexile material including a concave main body and two wings projecting from one side of the main body. The main body is shaped to cover that portion of the limb to be treated while the wings wrap around and encircle the limb. The inner surface of the panel is a pile fabric. Two elastically stretchable straps are fastened to respective ones of the wings. Each strap has an outer surface of pile fabric and a tab of hook material at the free end to engage the pile fabric when the strap is wrapped around the leg under tension to provide compression and also joint support where used on the knee. Two flat pouches of a textile fabric have openings for the insertion and removal of a thermal treatment medium, e.g. gel packs or ice. The pouches are fastened to the inside pile fabric of the panel by patches of hook material secured to one surface of each pouch so that each pouch may be secured at any desired position and orientation to the inner surface of the panel.