The 3 Purposes of A Knee Brace
1.) Improved Knee Stability
When you tear one of their knee ligaments, your knee instability can get way out of hand! Many times people will tell us that their knee feels like it is going to "give out from underneath" them. - On the other hand, you may have injured your meniscus or one of your tendons and this can cause your knee to feel unstable as well. Perhaps your kneecap is the problem and it sometimes drifts to the lateral aspect of your knee joint.
It is important for you to think back through your day, and determine which scenarios cause your knee the most instability (if you have any). Think about when this gets the most severe and rate that instability feeling on a scale of 1-10. Ten would be the worst. Record this answer because when you go to a brace website, they will offer you supports based on the severity of your knee instability
Knee braces can help provide you with meaningful support and this will increase your stability the moment you put them on your leg! Some braces provide more support than others, but when you get the correct one for your particular situation, you will find that those front to back movements, or side to side movements that cause instability to flare, are diminished and your knee can start to finally feel more stable again!
2.) Knee Protection
If you have a knee problem already, or you want to avoid one in the future, knee braces can help you do that in 2 different ways.
A.) Throughout your day you may make excessive movements, by accident, and this can cause a mild knee injury to get worse. A knee brace can help you to stop making these kinds of movements that may keep insulting your knee injury, or discomfort level.
B.) If you are in a contact sport, a patellar guard can also be used to protect your knee from collisions or falls. This is usually an attachment to a knee brace and can really help to protect your knee from injury.
3.) Pain Reduction
As a result of using knee braces, many people have told us that their support is like their "pain pill". The support that it can provide them will help reduce pain and actually as a result, some people have gone to reduce any pain medications they are taking orally as a result of their new knee brace. (Speak with your physician about taking any pain medications use.)
Medical advice is administered by your physician. This article can be helpful, but it does not substitute for any advice that your physician may provide to you.
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