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Knee Braces?

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SKIER_666
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Do you guys use them? If so which ones? Do they work? (help support the knees)

Aug 20 2011 10:52PM
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NWPA
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i dont know anybody that uses them just to support their knees. I recently got ACL surgery though and got a knee brace that I will for sure be using. I feel like if you use them before your knees are hurt they will just make them weaker..imo
Aug 20 2011 10:54PM
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Bi-ShredinalGuy
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I wear just a knee sleeve sometimes, seems to help a bit. And I don;t think it gives so much support that it is making my knee weaker unlike a hinge brace
Aug 20 2011 10:59PM
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MaryO
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Yep, DonJoy ever since I tore my ACL,as perscribed by my surgeon. Ashley Battersby rocks Donjoys on both knees. I know Dane Tudor wore a Donjoy too, as he recommended that brand for me to get. It's the best out.
Aug 20 2011 11:02PM
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I.B
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I use one on my right new. I have osgood sloughters disease and it can hurt pretty bad. The knee brace seems to help. But it might just be a placebo thing. I just got one at walmart for like $15
Aug 20 2011 11:04PM
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Stickity
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stronger legs
Aug 20 2011 11:06PM
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TheHamburglar
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I had acl surgery in june, I have to wear a breg fusion everywhere I go until thanksfuckinggiving. quite bitter about it.
Aug 20 2011 11:07PM
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jblaski
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Donjoy. Every single day. I know it's saved me more than once.
Aug 20 2011 11:21PM
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B.Aussie
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Dont' get a knee brace. Just build up your muscles to support your knee.
Once you use a knee brace your muscles don't support your knee as well and begin to deteriorate and not work how they're supposed to. Just build up your VMO and your quads, especially your VMO and you should be fine.

I got an ACL reco in March and will be back into high level ski cross skiing in December and my surgeon won't let me wear a brace at all because he'd rather the muscles be build up to protect it.
Aug 20 2011 11:22PM
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NWPA
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weird my doctor said the exact opposite. And to OP ossur/CTI makes really high quality custom braces that if you have insurance should get covered if you got surgery.
Aug 20 2011 11:45PM
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huge-go
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I got an acl recon like 16 months a go, I haven't worn a brace once and haven't had any problems. If you hurt your knee and want one, then go for it, but there are plenty of studies that show AFTER an acl recon they don't decrease the chances of blowing it out again, let alone if you have healthy knees, so you're just wasting your money if you have healthy knees and you buy knee braces.
Aug 21 2011 3:23AM
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baz1
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THIS.
Aug 21 2011 4:23AM
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Bateman
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i have "jumpers knee" / "patellar tendonitis" witch is something people between 13 - 20 get when they ski / jump / and most other ball sports, and you do it too much.. not dangerous, hurts as hell.. so i use a knee support with a hole in the middle so i can bend my knee better. sometimes it helps, sometimes makes it worse. whilst railing on my summersetup i dont need it.
Aug 21 2011 7:05AM
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FLBP
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I'm no professional but imo braces can be very helpful, but taking the time to do lunges and dynamic workouts helps a ton. Simple things like stepups and wall sits without weights will also help you exponentially.
Aug 21 2011 12:42PM
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Gharf
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this, a brace will only help if you had surgery. if you dont have any knee problems you should build up muscles not wear a brace.

Aug 21 2011 5:10PM
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jblaski
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Or, like me, my ligaments are all torn in my knee, but I can't afford to get surgery. So it's either I wear a large knee brace, or I stop skiing/snowboarding. No amount of muscle work will hold my knee together.
Aug 21 2011 5:40PM
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.RYAN66
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dude i have the same shit, i can barely walk somedays after a good day of skiing, braces never worked for me though.

parents both wear one after they tore some ligaments.
Aug 21 2011 6:03PM
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RedCloud
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I had acl reconstruction in may, I'll be rocking my don joy brace until spring skiing, then ween back off of it. My doctor said he wants be in it 6-8 months after surgery. Wants me to be in it especially when I start skiing park again (especially spinning). Then after 8 months he wants me to ween off of it so I don't become dependent on it. Follow your doctors orders is my best advice....
Aug 21 2011 8:26PM
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kirbstopper
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Braces do not help prevent injury as much a people think, it mainly prevents hyper-extension and hyper-flexion. Any twisting motion the brace will have no effect. (Which is the main cause of most torn acls).

If you have not torn anything in your knee, don't bother wearing one, just maintain strong muscles around the knee joint.

Even if you have torn a ligament and have had it reconstructed, strong hamstrings and quads will prevent injury way better then any brace can.

I have torn my acl and had in reconstructed, I wear a CTI Custom Vapor, and although it doesn't help all that much. I wear it mainly because it is a mental crutch, and I would be fine to ski without it.

By the way all this info is directly from my physiotherapist who also happens to be my mom.
Aug 21 2011 8:44PM
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Stose
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threads for when ski season comes around.
Aug 28 2011 1:50AM
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*Michael*
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kirbstopper's got the right idea. do a pre-season workout on your legs and core, and for your legs, stretch your muscles, all of them, very important. i've had an acl/meniscus repair, broken my patella in half, and have a stretched acl and pcl, arthritis, and tendonitis, basically a shit knee, so i wear one for skiing and kiteboarding. it is true that wearing it too often leads to muscle deterioration, so focus on your leg workouts
Aug 28 2011 2:06AM
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