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Torn Meniscus-surgery? or no?
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[QUOTE="JJmxr, post: 744206, member: 16723"] The knee brace question is one that is tough to answer with yes or no in my opinion. After my sons ACL injury I did a lot of asking around of the medical people on the issue. First off the is no data that supports the use of knee braces as a provilactic (sp*) measure. As a matter of fact studies have shown no difference in injury rates between braced, and non-braced athletes. Most meniscual injuries are the result of the upper and lower leg bones impacting each other, and knee braces are not designed to help in a compression injury as such. Even though the guy who fitted my sons custom brace acknowledged these issues even though his job is to sell $1400 braces. All that being said there is no doubt that a brace is a must for a damaged knee, and my personal opinion is that for riding a set of braces is a great idea. We will be buying a set of Asterisks before he rides again because I think that even if there is the chance that they will help prevent a knee injury its worth it. Will they prevent injury though? I guess it is a debate that will go on for a long time, but maybe we should ask RC or the Fonz what they think. [/QUOTE]
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