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Message: [QUOTE="Thump, post: 173559, member: 1034"] YZG15, Hyper extending the knee gives me chills. A brace would be worth the investment if for no other reason than confidence. Most people that have not had surgery to repair a blown out knee have a lot of "slop" in the knee. For instance, my left knee, never under the knife, at full extension goes to 8? past 0...! That is 8? into hyper extension. If I take on a load (impact) while I am at full extension I am in deep weeds. Conversely, my righ knee has been rebuilt and stops at 1? into the flexsion so if it takes on the same load it will bend the way it was meant to and rely on the quads to stop the motion. A brace will eliminate going into hyper extension and will give you lateral support as well and in football with all the cut blocks and such that should be of some comfort. I believe DonJoy amkes a pretty stout brace for football and I think the CTi2 and Edge could withstand the demands of impact sports... of course my favorite is the Asterisk Cell but I am not sure it is right for football? Talk to Billywho (moderator of Training and Fitness forum) He can give you some good insight into what would be a good brace option for football. For what it is worth... it took me 5 months after surgery to get back on the bike... now at 9 months it is over 100% strenght and stamina but speed is still lacking. I can run 15 miles at 7min pace no problem but wind sprints... forget about it. Just doesn't feel right yet.:think [/QUOTE]

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