Knee braces
Children’s Orthotics has access to every knee brace available on the market. This way we can ensure your child is provided with the most optimal knee brace solution.
About knee braces
Knee braces are worn around a child’s knee joint to provide strength, stability and support. They are made from a wide variety of materials depending on the needs of the child. Knee braces can aid recovery by offloading the tissues around the joint, reduce pain and joint instability and aid in proprioceptive feedback.
Different Types of Knee Braces
Knee sleeves - Knee sleeves are the most common type of knee support used. They can be made from a range of materials such as neoprene, elastic yarns or variations of materials that provide compression and warmth for the knee. Knee sleeves have proven effective for proprioceptive feedback (the body's awareness of itself in space), thought to be effective in recovery and safer ambulation.
Prophylactic braces - Prophylactic, meaning to prevent disease, are designed to protect the uninjured knees from an injury that may occur as a result of a worsening/chronic condition. Designed for active use, the prophylactic brace aims to manage a variety of conditions, primarily through compression to manage inflammation in the joint when active and stability straps that can act as external ligaments for extra support.
Rehabilitative braces - Designed to limit movement whilst the knee is healing after surgery or injury. They protect and control knee movement during the rehabilitation process.
Knee ligament braces - These braces are provided to support children with ligament injuries. The function knee brace is designed to compensate for the damaged, torn or ruptured ligament to provide knee stability.
Unloader/Off-loader braces - This brace relies on force pressure systems to relieve medial or lateral compartment stress in the knee joint. It is commonly used to assist with conditions such as osteoarthritis.
Indications for Knee Braces use:
- Instability / Laxity (cruciates, collaterals)
- Trips and falls
- Pain
- Trauma
- Contractures
- Misalignment
- Weakness
- PCL/ACL damage
- Patella instability
- Hyperextension
- Loss of cartilage
- Patella tendon issues
- Postoperative recovery