In the Know About Knee Support Braces

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Knee Support Braces
A person may need to use a knee support brace to
help reduce pain, promote quick recovery time
from an injury, and to protect the injured knee.
With a healthy knee you can do simple things like
bend, straighten, or flex your knee without pain.
It is a completely new story when you have an
injured knee because doing simple things like
running, sitting, or walking can cause pain.
This pain can range from mild to extreme. Many
times their orthopedic doctor will recommend that
they use a knee support brace. Each knee support
brace is specifically designed for certain knee
problems like arthritis pain, torn ligaments, or
injured kneecaps.
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Knee Support Braces
If you are elderly or disabled and have Medicare,
you may be eligible to receive a Medicare knee
support brace at little to no charge to you.
This is good because many times these knee
support braces can be expensive. When using a
knee support brace you should not wear it for a
prolonged period of time because it could weaken
your muscles. You may even become dependent on
the knee support brace and think you need to use
it all the time. They are a temporary measure
used to manage your knee until your orthopedic
doctor feels you do not need it any longer after
undergoing physical therapy per the doctors
orders and doing knee exercises.
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Knee Support Braces

• Some of the different knee support braces that
  are used include
• Hinged knee brace
• Prophylactic knee brace
• Arthritic knee brace
• Functional knee brace
• When seeing your orthopedic doctor for you knee
  injury they will determine which knee support
  brace you will need.
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Lower Back Braces
Lower back braces are not a one type for all
problems. Each problem that causes lower back
pain needs a different type of lower back brace.
For example, a lower back brace that is used for
adolescent scoliosis and after back surgery will
need to be ordered by your physical therapist or
surgeon. They will be molded to fit the patient
with heat-treated plastic to help provide
widespread spine stabilization. Because this
type of lower back brace has to be molded to fit
the patient you may be able to get a Blue Cross
Blue Shield back brace that is paid for with no
cost to you. If you are elderly, you may also be
able to get a Medicare back brace.
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