Should we wear knee support in daily life?

If your ligament is damaged, or if you are not sure whether your knee can support your return to exercise after sprain, knee pads can provide unimpeded pressure support for your knee during training and competition, and help you exercise better. There are advantages and disadvantages to wearing knee pads for a long time. If you are a professional athlete, knee pads are important equipment to protect your knees from injury, so it is ok to wear them for a long time. If you are an ordinary sports enthusiast, it is recommended not to wear knee pads too long. Although this can protect your knees, it also indirectly weakens the function of your knees and reduces the strength and stability of your knees.

Why do we usually wear one kneepad?

Because the knee joint is usually damaged on one side, and rarely on both sides at the same time, then someone will ask, "Why only the injured knee should be worn knee support, and why not wear the other one to prevent injury?" The reason why you don't need to wear it is that you want the knee joint on the other side to get effective exercise enhancement. If you wear two knee pads, to a certain extent, the muscle strength around your knee joint will decrease, and your body will rely more on the help of knee pads. Once you don't have the protection of knee pads, the risk of damage will be greater, so you usually wear knee support on the damaged side, and try not to wear it on the uninjured side.

Do we need to wear knee pads while walking?

Walking is a very low-intensity movement, which hardly brings unbearable pressure to the knee joint. Unless you are overweight and the knee joint can't bear it, you usually don't need to wear knee pads while walking.

How does knee pads help exercise?

Knee is a very important joint, which is frequently used in sports activities. It absorbs the impact, keeps the body stable and bears great pressure, especially when running, jumping, landing and changing direction. It is very risky for your knee when you are skiing, running, playing basketball, hiking and so on. Knee pads can better reduce this risk.

What is the benefit of playing basketball with knee pads?

The advantage is the knee pads can avoid serious injury caused by knee impact, give stronger support to knee joint and avoid injury of medial and lateral ligaments.