Knee injury is a common part of sports injury. Knee injury not only affects the sports function, but also limits the activities of daily life. Whether to prevent knee injury or to protect the injured knee, kneepad has a great role in it. So how do we judge whether we need to wear knee pads, and how to choose a suitable one?
Whether we need to wear knee pads depends on whether we have the following needs:
1. Sports protection:
The knee joint itself is not damaged, but it may be damaged in the severe exercise, so it is necessary to wear knee protection to prevent injury.
2 damage prevention and control:
The soft tissue of knee joint, such as ligament, needs to wear kneepad to avoid the aggravation of injury and promote the recovery of injury.
3. Force line correction:
The knee joint has joint deformation due to rheumatism and other diseases. The abnormal force line of the lower limbs caused by joint deformation will aggravate the damage to the knee joint. At this time, it is necessary to wear knee protection to correct the force line of the lower limbs.
At the same time, some knee pads also have the effect of keeping warm. In short, if your knee is healthy, you can wear a kneepad to avoid injury when you take part in some strenuous sports; if your knee has been damaged, you can wear a kneepad to avoid the further development of the injury and ensure the smooth completion of the sports.
How to choose a suitable kneepad?
01 patella covered type
1) Tube kneepad: this type of kneepad can completely cover the knee joint, and play a certain role in fixing and supporting the whole knee joint. At the same time, it can control the slight swelling of the knee, and also can keep the knee joint warm for the patients with arthritis.
Applicable crowd: it is suitable for people with slight knee joint problems and difficulty in distinguishing the position of knee joint pain, or people with jogging and fast walking habits.
Note: it is not suitable for daily life, because the patella is completely covered. When the knee joint is bent more than 45 degrees, the kneepad will limit the relative position of the patella and the femur, which will increase the probability of patella degeneration and increase the knee joint pain for a long time. Therefore, it is not suitable for people who often need to go up and down stairs or squat.
2) For those who have meniscus injury and like walking, they can choose supporting knee pads, which can share part of the load on the meniscus, so as to protect the meniscus.
02 patellar decompression type
This kind of kneepad is designed with a hole in the patella, which is specially thickened and strengthened. To a certain extent, the design of opening reduces the pressure of Kneepad on the patella, and can better fix the patella to avoid friction pain caused by abnormal movement of patella.
03 girdle type
Also known as patellar compression band or patellar band, it is circular and fixed on the patellar tendon at the lower part of the patella. The band type kneepad can reduce the excessive involvement of the patellar tendon during exercise, so as to reduce the pain and get a proper rest of the patellar tendon, but this kind of kneepad has no protective effect on other parts of the knee joint. For people with ligament and meniscus injuries, such knee pads are not suitable.
Applicable crowd: it is suitable for patients with patellar tendinitis and pain under the knee, as well as those who often run, jump, like ball games or often ride.
There are many kinds of kneepad. Only choosing the right kneepad can protect the knee. Of course, in addition to the above types, the selection of kneepad should also consider the material and size. In addition, in the choice of kneepad, we should combine our own reality, not excessive pursuit of functionality, because the stronger the function of kneepad, the better the protection and support effect, the greater the range of influence on the exercise effect, and the longer it is used, it will greatly reduce the effect of muscle exercise.
The two sides of kneepad cannot be ignored:
Kneepad takes on the task of a part of muscles around the knee, assisting muscles to support and maintain the stability of the knee, so as to protect the knee. Also because of this, long-term use of kneepads will lead to muscle not getting enough exercise, and become weaker and weaker, once not wearing kneepads, it will be more likely to make knee injury.
Therefore, for people with healthy knees, general sports such as jogging, walking, riding, etc. do not need to wear knee pads. For people with knee injury, they can wear knee protection properly, but at the same time, they should pay attention to the exercise of muscl
