I’m a hardcore athlete. I’m part of a group of athletes that compete regularly around the world. We even have sponsors. So to maintain our sponsorships we train as if we were pros. Unfortunately, some of us over train and the result of this overtraining is injury. The most common injuries in our team are knee injuries. It is common to see a couple of us in hinged knee braces.

Hinged knee brace are meant to keep your knee stable. It is meant to keep your knee cap in place. Depending on your injury, you can train moderately as long as you use the knee brace. In my case for example, I had a bad case of tendonitis in my knees. When you run with tendonitis on your knees, you tend to favor the injured knee. When you do this, you overstress the other knee to compensate for the injured one. This is done unconsciously. The result is you injure the other knee. A knee brace will serve as stabilizer to the injured knee. It will strengthen the muscles around your injured knee.