The 7 knee brace best features that can help to reduce your knee pain and help provide the best knee support for your knee are: Medial and lateral side stabilizersA cross torsional strap systemThe length of the main body of the knee braceComfortThe thickness and bulk of the knee braceThe quality of the velcroPatella stabilization support The context for this article is for non-severe injury where an open patella-style neoprene knee brace is sufficient. Hi, my name is Theo Handen, this article is all about picking a great knee brace. I was a high-level track and field athlete training in the long jump and then transitioned into fitness modeling. My training had a lot of high-impact bounding, plyometrics, hopping, sprinting, and heavy weight training. So with that comes a lot of stress on your knees. I have had my fair share of knee injuries and issues. I have suffered from several medial and lateral ligament sprains. Multiple patella tendonitis inflammations, jumper’s knee, and general knee pain from intense training. I have used knee braces multiple times so I have a good understanding of what makes a great knee support. I can tell you I have ordered over 30+ knee braces over my time! Through the process of elimination from over 10 years of using knee braces. I can tell you what specific features give a high probability of a knee brace that will be an excellent choice and I am here to share this with you. Let’s dive right in.. 1. Medial and lateral stabilizers Stabilization by the way of flexible metal stays that run along the length of the medial side and lateral side of the knee brace. If you have a metal support structure running on the sides of the brace. It will give a significant amount of extra support and stability over non-stabilized braces. I would easily say that it gives as much as 4x more support in terms of lateral and medial support. This will give more robust and dependable support so look for this if your knees feel they can do with extra stability. Achieving 4x more stability with stabilizers This is not a guarantee. The stabilization will rely on how well the strap system integrates with the stabilizers. It’s something you should be looking for if you think you need that level of support. An improvement over non-stabilized braces will be seen from a basic 3 strap or 2 strap brace. (We will go over strap systems and designs in more detail). Look for knee braces that have more than 3 straps that use opposing forces (cross torsion). This type of strap system to fit and attach the brace will give you up to 4x more stability by way of the torsional forces added to the stabilizers. It’s important to note we will use some phrases like cross torsion. This may not be something you see or hear about in a knee brace’s description but it’s something to be aware of. I will try […]