DR. BRACE ELITE Knee Brace with Side Stabilizers & Patella Gel Pads for Maximum Knee Pain Support and fast recovery for men and women-Please Check How To Size Video (Mars, Medium)

I have a meniscus tear from childhood that's only been a minor problem until I aged. And my left knee is now bone on bone. I used injections of hyaluronic acid for years, and it worked extremely well, but now doesn't work at all.I've worn this brace for three days now. This morning, my pain was especially bad. I often was reduced to walking like Chester on Gunsmoke. After my shower, I applied the brace and stood and walked with no pain at all. Zero. Total relief.I think I've finally dialed in how best for me to use it. Orientation for me is determined by the longer of the main straps being above the knee where the thicker part of the leg is. I apply the secondary inner straps to hold it in place over the knee cap, apply the lower main strap and then the upper strap. I've learned to start applying it slightly low and really getting the main straps tight. It feels like it will be too tight for circulation, but that won't happen.As with any elastic, the straps will take a day or two to stretch so they don't slacken a bit during the day. I suspect the actual placement details may depend on individual problems. But I think I've hit on my ideal. It feels like the relief is from a combination of stabilizing the patella and prevent undue side to side movement that can cause the bone surfaces to slide across each other.I find it very comfortable to wear all my waking hours. Oddly, since I wear it, I no longer have pain in the right knee, which may be because I no longer have an odd gait from trying to avoid painful movements in the left.I don't know how I could be happier.

i NEVER write reviews on Amazon and I buy SO much stuff on here. I had to leave a review about this brace. My knee has been bothering me well over a year and nothing is really wrong..a little fluid, patella tendon, mcl sprain but nothing that you can really do but sometimes it’s SO BAD. I’ve purchased a couple from here in there and nothing compared to this one. I need help holding it in place because of the way you have to put it on, but I wore it twice already under my pants and it was completely comfortable. I didn’t sweat and I saw surprised! Anyway if you need a brace get this one. I am not sure why it’s not 5 stars. It should be for sure!!!

Easy to apply once the user has noticed the product label on one of the four straps, that being one of the larger straps. Thereafter, one positions that labeled straps in the proper knee orientation. I have a right medial meniscus complex tear. I had a plasma rich protein injection (PRP) about 70 days ago, with reduction of pain ($1000, out of pocket-- insurance does not cover any cost -- but insurance companies once denied men have osteoporosis and denied all drugs like alendronate sodium (Fosamax) thirty years ago when I was diagnosed with osteopenia, and my father was in a wheel chair from spine and femur and humeral fractures from ground level falls. Anyway, this brace allows me to play tennis, cut my grass and stand on ladder rungs, though it does not completely prevent severe to moderate pain if my knee is made unstable by knee twists beyond the limitations of the brace. My main "knock" about the brace is that the 4 Velcro tabs (one on each strap) are puny and last only 3 months (at least for me) with heavy usage. Thus, this is my second brace. If I had a sewing machine, replacing the little Velcro material on each tab would be easy.

This Brace is really well made for the money and it is easy to put on. First things first, use the fitment chart, it works. I am 5'6, 176 lbs. male. My measurement per chart instructions was 16 1/2 inches. I ordered the medium as instructed and it fits perfectly. Next decide where you need the most support, Do you need inner knee or outer knee support, for instance a medial meniscus tear which I have is on the inner side of the knee, as opposed to a lateral injury on the outside of the knee, or maybe you just need center support. The side with the support bars with visible stitch netting goes outside the knee. Now orient the brace so that the shorter two straps are on the side you need the most support. Put the brace over your knee centered on kneecap hole. Run the two short straps around the back of the knee and attach on the other side with Velcro ends so they attach in this shape <. Now bring the larger straps around the back and attach in the same > shape on the injury side. In this manner the larger wider straps provide support to the injured side. You can strap an elephant to the ceiling with the Velcro straps. They are easy to grasp and remove by grabbing the Velcro tabs and pulling up, don't grab at the main strap because that is not the Velcro section and it wont release.