Knee Support: The Secret Weapon for Pain Relief and Injury Prevention

So whether you are recovering from a surgery, have osteoarthritis (OA) or just want to avoid ligament injury, custom knee braces are certainly worth considering. If you decide to go with custom knee braces, companies like DonJoy do a great job with support and fit leading to osteoarthritis relief as well as giving protection in these cases. This article aims to review the myriad of benefits custom knee braces can have across the spectrum of usage including after surgery rehabilitation, OA management and injury prevention.

 Knee surgery can be painful and tough on the body to recover from. Custom knee braces can help patients recover by providing a more personalised fit to their brace and specific support to the knees, providing stability to the joint and assisting with alignment while resting. A custom knee brace helps stabilise the knee and reduces pain, swelling and can aid in recovery. Custom knee braces from DonJoy provide targeted support to aid with mobility and recovery and help get patients back to their normal activities faster with reduced pain.

 Many OA cases result from wear and tear that causes medial compartment pain, and an unloaded brace can help by offloading the weight out of the knee joint and distributing it to other areas of the brace, away from the damaged area. [caption width=370] DonJoy products are designed to unload the arthritic portion of the knee[/caption] What this all means is we can wear knee braces to help minimise pain and move about more freely. On top of that, we have evidence that the braces help to slow down the disease process. One of the concerns in treating osteoarthritis is continued damage to the affected structures.

 Ligament injuries that require ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) or MCL (medial collateral ligament) tears can be quite debilitating. Custom knee braces from DonJoy can provide the needed support to a knee while it continues to heal. The brace provides some level of protection, while stabilising the joint, reducing the pain, and allowing for proper ambulation during healing times. These supports can be quite helpful for a person who is in need of rehabilitation, as well as athletes and active persons that want to make sure they are able to return to the sports and activities that they are most involved in.

 It is easier to prevent injury before it happens than to fix it after the fact. For this reason, DonJoy's custom knee braces are great for use as a preventative method. Anyone prone to sports injuries or people who simply cannot afford to take a break can wear the braces during exercises to prevent painful ligament strains and tears before they happen. DonJoy's marvelous knee braces help reduce the user's risk of sustaining a knee injury while performing high-impact activities.

 Managing osteoarthritis? There is no better brace than the DonJoy Defiance OA Adjustable Knee Brace. This brace allows for dynamic medial or lateral compartment unloading, either with the lightest weight or in-line loadings, making this ideal for continuous wear providing relief and getting OA patients active again.

 ACL injuries are injuries where the knee often sustains a sudden stress causing a tearing of the ligament often occurred in sports with fast turns, jumps or changes of direction, and the custom knee device can prevent these common injuries by providing heavy support to the knee joint. the company’s ACL braces are specially designed to provide knee stabilisation and reduce ACL stress, giving users confidence in their activities with a decreased risk of ACL injury.

 The benefits of custom knee braces are extensive and they cover a wide range of knee problems from post surgical re-hab to the treatment of advancing osteoarthritis, acute ligament injuries and injury prevention. The benefits of a new custom fit DonJoy knee brace helps people maintain their mobility, reduces pain and subsequent injury often increasing the quality of life.