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What brace/sleeve/support is recommended for patella tendonitis?
I play a lot of basketball and I use knee straps, which works just fine but I'd like to go a step up from that. Any suggestion would be nice. It has to be a brace that won't slide off while playing.
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- 5 years ago
f you’re an active person who enjoys sports, and you’re facing chronic pain in the front of your knee below the knee cap, you may be dealing with patellar tendonitis (also known as Jumper’s Knee). You will find relief with our Patellar Tendonitis Compression Knee Sleeves.
The patella (knee cap) is connected to the shin bone by a short band of tissue called the patellar tendon. This tendon is vital to the extension of the leg, a movement used repeatedly and forcefully when you kick a ball, run up hill, or jump.
Understandably, then, the individuals most prone to develop patellar tendonitis are athletes involved in sports that require a lot of jumping, like basketball or volleyball. Hence, the condition’s common name, Jumper’s Knee.
But you don’t have to be an athlete to deal with this common cause of chronic knee pain.
