Osteoarthritis and knee braces

Hi...I have OA on my lateral (outside) of my left knee. I got an OA brace made by Breg (the Fusion model) and it helps when cycling in a standing position with resistance. Haven't had a chance to moto with it yet but hoping it will help.

I have OA in both of my knees and use a DonJoy Action Armor brace on both knees when I ride moto, ski, snowboard, and golf. While the brace will not absorb all impacts it does give me some support and helps in reducing further injury to my knees.

The last few years that have really helped my knees out have been lots of mountain biking along with taking Glucosamine, MSM, Fish oil and Turmeric. A recent article I read suggested the use of Fish oil in place of Ibuprofen after a hard work out.

i have OA braces with ACl and PCL support custom from CTi and while they help with lateral movement and therefore keep strain off of the condyles, there is no brace that will hold up to MX, your legs are going to take a beating and mine swell after every ride. i feel good knowing i have a lesser chance of major ligament damage again though.

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Agree with two points for sure---I notice a lot more pain from moto if I slack off on riding my mountain bike. The more miles I put on the bicycle the better my knees feel. Also look into the Turmeric, not the pills but mixing the turmeric powder with fresh pepper and coconut oil. "supposed" to be much better for you than in the pill form.
Note- important to have your seat as high as possible without letting your leg be fully straight on the stroke, and try not to be in the high gears as this puts alot of stress on the knees. I'm a big fan of granny gears on steep climbs! May be slower but my knees thank me!

mountain keeps me going too.

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Physician is correct. Braces will do little to nothing for the continual impact from MX which will continue to destroy your cartilage. Depending on how old your are and how far gone (cartilage), you have a few options:
1. Office visit and ask doc to give you an amnion inject. This will help to fill in the damaged cartilage.
2. Surgically scope the knee combined with microfracture technique and I highly recommend placing an amnion membrane over the microfracture sight.
3. Hemicap procedure. Google arthrosurface

Good Luck

Pete from one bridgehampton guy to another, yep I remember you , I was a late 80's early 90's guy. I like the idea of just taping the knees ace wrap ankle wraps,like booties, etc. It used to help me years ago.

I also have arthritis, started a few things that have helped, I am not beating on myself; but, I finally feel like I might be able to. Lately the anti-inflammatories, aspirin, nsaids , just make my stomach hurt. I have always been a supplement guy so I started looking for supplements that help with bones joints etc. tried lots of stuff for about the last 2 years. Finally feel like I found a good combination

Two good ones. stron bone contains strontium and other stuff msm glucosamine, vitamin d, k , onnit is the company . Hard to swallow and I really don't like the idea of that much strontium so usually just one a day. supposedly makes your bones stronger, strontium replaces some of the calcium in your bones making them denser, They say don't take it with calcium impedes absorption, but sometimes I do. helps but not totally, maybe not getting enough msm or glucosamine, but it helps.

and cissus quadrangularis 800mg by sd pharmaceuticals. Only been on the cissus for a little over a week maybe 2 but it has made a huge difference. supposedly good for bone healing and joints?. not sure why, but there are some studies on bone fracture healing rates that were pretty impressive. like total healing in 21 days, other benefits as well but not really what i was after, so far so good.

I also take a calcium mrm bone maximizer III , has vitmin k, d etc and calcium in a micronized bonematrix..i think...Anyway ....................I.have to say this junk has made my joints feel pretty good. I am almost walking normal, and all of it is pretty dirt cheap, try it who knows? BTW my computer says the bridge link has malware, I have been on it before without problems though, good luck, lisc#450

synovial fluid (Synvys 1) and brace for me.