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only49

hello i had a look on the (link removed by mod. (ECM) as site promotes a well known pharmaceutical company) site this morning, about knee braces can help with pain if you have OA.

funny really after reading that it got me thinking and i thought about the supports i wear everyday on my knees, and sometimes even in bed if my knees are really painful, and thought about how my knees feel without them when i take them off before having a bath or shower and i can only describe it but my knees feel really strange when i walking between bedroom and bathroom, the only way i can put so it makes sense is that they feel like jelly, as if my knees caps are wobbling, a really weird, i hope that makes sense but that's what it felt like, just goes to show how my knee supports must help.

valval

i hope you do not mind me asking. does wearing the suport stop muscles exersising. i know it silly question but just wondered as do not wear them so have no idea if it affects the strenth of them??

only49

valval wrote:

i hope you do not mind me asking. does wearing the suport stop muscles exersising. i know it silly question but just wondered as do not wear them so have no idea if it affects the strenth of them??

hi all i can say is it seems to help with keeping them warm and lets me do a little more than i would be able to do, i do find the cold really makes them so much wose for example today i done 2 quick visits on foot to lidls and thats as much as i am able to push it without further pain, so i hope that helps answer your question

valval

thanks . got oa so will get there eventually but keeping as strong as i can for now, in early stages and all knollage worth having will help with the decisions as and when the time right(can not spell sorry)