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To Knee Brace or Not, that is the question.
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[QUOTE="bizzow, post: 386762, member: 20626"] Look up studies on knee bracing and virtually all you find (that's valid and somwhat reliable) is some study done where it was found that in FOOTBALL (American football) offensive lineman may receive some benefit because it protects them when they are rolled up on from the side or behind. Other than that, there ain't much that proves braces are ineffective or effective. There is a concern about the concept of stress-riser. If you brace the knee, and it would have normally taken the brunt of a stress that would have caused it to give way, then that stress will be redirected elsewhere. This COULD cause femurs and tibia/fibula breaks. So, what do y'all think? You want a chance at broken bones or ligament damage? I personally am going with the knee braces because I feel that a noncomplicated broken bone is much easier to deal with than a torn knee ligament and 6 months of recovery. I hope I don't have to deal with either problem. I'll continue to wear the knee braces because, as a friend told me, you may be preventing injury from smaller traumatic stresses that could injure your knee as well. It doesn't have to be a spectacular event. There is another concept involving micro-trauma where you... sorry, this is getting too long. I'll sum up micro trauma fast. You go skiing all day, the ligaments and support structures of the knee take a beating and are actually weaker at the end of the day due to the micro-trauma from a continuous beating. Blam! The knee buckles on the kiddie slope while you mug for the camera. A benign situation made worse because of the damage that occured throughout the day. The End. [/QUOTE]
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