Many do not even guess what it is - brace. A person learns about it in cases of joint injury if it is necessary to undergo rehabilitation after surgery or during conservative treatment.
Brace is a removable device made of special non-woven materials and rigid inserts, which serves for fixing, controlling motor activity and reducing the load in case of ligament joint damage. As a rule, braces are used for the feet, as they are injured quite often, not only among athletes, but also among ordinary people.
When do you use braces?
Indications for their use are:
- rehabilitation or treatment after trauma, which can result in a knee dislocation, rupture of the Achilles tendon and others;
- stiff knee joint stiffness;
- hemophilic hemarthrosis;
- the need to develop, reduce the load or fix the knee;
- osteochondropathy;
- osteoarthrosis (deforming arthrosis);
- the need to protect or fix the joint during exercise.
You can impose braces on the ankle joint, and on the knee, depending on what the injury was.
This design, designed to achieve such goals, is not the only one, but it is considered more convenient to use. After all, braces consist of:
- 2 elastic sleeves - for fastening on both sides of the joint;
- polycentric locks - responsible for coordinating the movement of the joint and the brace, they have a certain range (from 0 ° to 150 °), divided into several sectors;
- stoppers - fix or limit the mobility of the foot;
- Inextensible belts - for convenience of location on the body;
- fasteners - with the help of which sold ready-made designs can be adjusted to the size you need.
The produced braces can be from different materials, so they are divided into:
- standard - of metal;
- lightened - from neoprene.
Features of the use of braces
Some useful tips for those who are recommended braces:
- Do not wear if there is skin allergy to the composition of the main parts.
- If there is a violation of the circulatory process or the formation of calluses, you should consult a doctor for replacement or regulation.
- When cleaning the device do not use chemicals, it is best to only wipe with a cloth. If necessary, wash the brace, you must first disassemble it and remove the metal parts.
If there is a violation of the established mode of wearing braces on the knee joint or using a device with poor fixation, one should not count on a 100% positive effect.