Yes! I after a particularly grueling two days of pure quad work in rowing, compressions made walking a lot more comfortable. (I was limping and stumbling walking!) anyways it hurt to have the quads move around so compressions made it more comfortable by holding the muscle in place more.

I haven't used them for pure recovery purposes outside of that workout, but I'm sure they help, just maybe don't have such a noticeable affect.

For what it's worth, I use Under Armour compression shorts.