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<blockquote data-quote="VTBrown" data-source="post: 247776" data-attributes="member: 11076"><p>Guys...I still play Semi-Pro full contact football and work as a driver. </p><p></p><p>3 seasons ago I severed my MCL and had a grade two tear to my ACL in my right knee.</p><p></p><p>This last past season I tore my miniscus, had some cycloping scar tissue from my ACL injury and had a partially ruptured Patella tendon to the same knee. I worked through last peak season like this. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/w00t.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":w00t:" title="W00t :w00t:" data-shortname=":w00t:" /></p><p></p><p>I had surgery this time around. I also will still play. So I've first hand experience dealing with knee braces and working.</p><p></p><p>Let me and my doctor be the first to say...the Neoprene knee braces offer next to nothing for any true knee support. Let me say "next to nothing" again. They do keep the area warm and help "remind" you about your knee and make you more aware of it. Thats about it.</p><p></p><p>The cheap Neoprene braces with the aluminum support? Not much better at all. They are not designed to "fit" your knee and the cheap aluminum bracing? You can bend it with your hand. Obviously these ones usually have a strapping system to help tighten it down. That will help but with the improper fit your not doing much to help.</p><p></p><p>The only ones that really offer true support are the fairly expensive orthopedic ones like you see most rehabbing sports players use. Many brands (all about the same) many types for different types of stability and injury/defect. I have1 for each leg that I wear when I play football now.</p><p></p><p>An orthopedic doctor can advise you....and yes if you get a prescribed one from your doctor - our insurance will cover it.</p><p></p><p>Now to wearing them.....after 8 to 10 hours a day? They can ALL absolutely destroy your skin from the sweating and rubbing. They all need to be cleaned nightly and at some point you'll be using neosporine or some other type of skin remedy to get through the day.</p><p></p><p>Winter will be the easiest....summer will absolutely destroy you. Trust me.</p><p></p><p>So in closing the best thing for you to do is EXERCISE your legs and knees at night. Strengthen your supporting muscles and be mindful of how much your putting on your knees not using the hand rail to exit and or carrying boxes as you do it.</p><p></p><p>Wear a cheap neoprene that has adjustment straps if you feel the need. One you start sweating the ones with out will not stay put. Remembering - your not really doing much to prevent anything while wearing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VTBrown, post: 247776, member: 11076"] Guys...I still play Semi-Pro full contact football and work as a driver. 3 seasons ago I severed my MCL and had a grade two tear to my ACL in my right knee. This last past season I tore my miniscus, had some cycloping scar tissue from my ACL injury and had a partially ruptured Patella tendon to the same knee. I worked through last peak season like this. :w00t: I had surgery this time around. I also will still play. So I've first hand experience dealing with knee braces and working. Let me and my doctor be the first to say...the Neoprene knee braces offer next to nothing for any true knee support. Let me say "next to nothing" again. They do keep the area warm and help "remind" you about your knee and make you more aware of it. Thats about it. The cheap Neoprene braces with the aluminum support? Not much better at all. They are not designed to "fit" your knee and the cheap aluminum bracing? You can bend it with your hand. Obviously these ones usually have a strapping system to help tighten it down. That will help but with the improper fit your not doing much to help. The only ones that really offer true support are the fairly expensive orthopedic ones like you see most rehabbing sports players use. Many brands (all about the same) many types for different types of stability and injury/defect. I have1 for each leg that I wear when I play football now. An orthopedic doctor can advise you....and yes if you get a prescribed one from your doctor - our insurance will cover it. Now to wearing them.....after 8 to 10 hours a day? They can ALL absolutely destroy your skin from the sweating and rubbing. They all need to be cleaned nightly and at some point you'll be using neosporine or some other type of skin remedy to get through the day. Winter will be the easiest....summer will absolutely destroy you. Trust me. So in closing the best thing for you to do is EXERCISE your legs and knees at night. Strengthen your supporting muscles and be mindful of how much your putting on your knees not using the hand rail to exit and or carrying boxes as you do it. Wear a cheap neoprene that has adjustment straps if you feel the need. One you start sweating the ones with out will not stay put. Remembering - your not really doing much to prevent anything while wearing it. [/QUOTE]
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