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Hi
I am trying to get advice on the best knee brace to wear for snowboarding and I am getting mixed messages when I trawl through the internet. I have partially torn my pcl so that's what I need to protect mostly. Donjoy seems to be the best make out there but which one to actually buy is up for debate. Does anyone have any experience of using a knee brace for a torn pcl and if so what would you recommend.
I need to get this sorted asap as this is my xmas present from my wife (she needs to know which one to buy me)
Cheers
George
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I detached my ACL 12 months ago, I use a Donjoy Full Force knee brace but ideally you need to try them on before you buy. I went to a physio who fits and supplies them, the brace I thought I needed (Armor) didn't fit so we tried two others to find the one that worked best.
They are a bit like helmets, you need to try them on.
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Hi
THanks for this. That makes total sense, plus when you are forking out so much money it has to be right!
Out of interest how do you get on snowboarding with the brace? Are you just as good? Is it a bit nervy what with carrying that injury?
Cheers
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+1 for what @interpaul, says about getting a 'proper' brace and getting it fitted.
I got a Cti prosport fitted in October 2011 after screwing up my knee in January 2011.
The mri scan said ACL Rupture, small lateral miniscus tear with previous MCL and PCL sprains. I went boarding for 7 x weeks over the 2011/12 winter with a buggered knee whilst wearing the the Cti prosport and my knee held together and importantly I did not do any further damage before I got my knee operated on in May 2012 to replace the ACL and tidy up the meniscus.
I then used the brace again over the 2012/13 winter whilst I was doing a 'season' something like 17 weeks boarding as my knee was not 100% after the re-hab.
The knee was my 'back leg' on the board so this helped whilst doing all of this so I got on ok with the brace.
Gotta also say I rode within my limits quite a lot both those winters with buggered knee and then a year later with a fairly new ACL.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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if you go the don joy route then it has to be fitted professionally, as a bad fit could do more damage.
I dont use my brace much, but it gives piece of mind when I do.
I am also lucky, our NHS in Wales has walk in Physio clinic & one of the physios there fits them as well as using Compex muscle stim machines which is also a donjoy product.
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Hi
THanks for this. That makes total sense, plus when you are forking out so much money it has to be right!
Out of interest how do you get on snowboarding with the brace? Are you just as good? Is it a bit nervy what with carrying that injury?
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Better than I thought, although I ski. I haven't had surgery yet and will decide whether to go ahead once I have skied a bit more.
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As an aside, Donjay have recently released the Playmaker2 sleeve brace with the same 4-point geared hinge you get on the full Armor.
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for skii and Like the knee brace sleeves.. super light weight and allow better movement.
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A posterior cruciate ligament PCL injury is a completely different animal to an anterior cruciate ligament ACL injury.
The resulting laxity is much better coped with from a PCL than and ACL. This is because the ACL injury results in rotional laxity even with relatively minor stretching of the ACL. It is the rotational movements that make the knee feel unstable.
Building muscle strength is in virtually all cases enough to allow the brain to cope with the stretched PCL. This is why you are highly likely to not need any brace at all- if you have built your leg strength.
I’m the rare event that you need a PCL brace either get a cheap knee sleeve like a bio skin or go for a top end brace eg donjoy, cti etc
My very strong advice would be to get that fitted by a fitter( Orthotist) who isn’t tied to one single brand so they can recommend the brace that fits you best. These top end braces are very expensive and you don’t want to get a bad fit.
Make sure you get it a few weeks before so you can break it in by wearing it when exercising.
Jonathan Bell
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