Knee Support Brace – My Ticket to Freedom

Knee support brace – this is my anecdotal health and wellness story, and your mileage may vary. I never much knew what this was til I needed one. If you’re reading this and in pain, I hope that whatever is bothering your knee is soon resolved

with the help of your doctor.

My ticket to freedom came as a knee support brace, here’s why, I scraped my right knee when I fell from a wood platform to a tile floor. Like any other human being I brushed me knee off and kept walking, the next day was another story.

My knee hurt so much I was sent to do a MRI and was diagnosed with a lateral tilt on my knee. All I needed was to tape the knee and do therapy. That didn’t work so they decided to do a exploratory. What they found was torn meniscus, ligaments and my knee cap tilted. They fixed the tears, but with my knee cap there was nothing they could do. The pain was horrible, I thought I would never be the same.

That is when the knee support brace comes in, I had healed perfectly but my knee cap kept moving. That is how I found out about support knee braces, apart from coming standard they also come customized, lightweight and in different colors.

Can you believe that mine’s purple? Ha, perfect for someone who has personality and doesn’t like those basic black gadgets. The purpose of the brace is to stabilize my knee cap. With it’s adjustable Velcro strap it’s easy to put on and take off.

A knee support brace is also use to stabilize the knee for other purposes, mostly after knee surgeries. Some come with sleeves so your brace doesn’t chafe against your skin.

There are different types of knee braces, there are some that just go around the knee like a strap and there are the ones that you see on professional athletes and the ones that go from your calf to you thigh.

That is the kind I have and it’s great. I can use it under sweat pants or long dresses, or on top of jeans. It is amazing when you’re in pain, once you put the brace on it’s gone. At least this is my experience.

You’re able to do many things that you were restricted to do before. Whether it’s walking, running, going up or down stairs, once you have a support knee brace you get a little more confident. You’re more willing to do exercise for your health, go cycling and be more sociable and have fun.

Your knee brace is to help you recover sooner and lessen the ability to hurt yourself again. Having a knee brace support was the best thing that was given to me. I’m not afraid anymore to walk along the side walk or put some pumps on. And you’d also be surprised what a good conversational piece it is with strangers. Not everybody has a knee support brace that is purple!!!

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