Did you think of knee caps for your mom, dad or grand parents?
What are your thoughts on this?
I have talked about the benefits of using knee care oils in my previous blog post.
Now let's find out how knee caps can offer better protection and care.
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What is a knee cap?
WebMD defines knee cap as
"The kneecap, or patella, is the bone that covers your knee. It helps give the joint strength and structure, which allows your legs to bend and turn safely."
Different types of knee caps available help to fit you and take care of your knees over a period of time.
This helps in doing your walk without a difficulty, in both stepping up and down and also in climbing stairs etc.
Many of its users find it not only an economical method, but also a long lasting relief to protect and safeguard uour knees from regukar wear and tear.
Because, as you know we use a lot of our knee strength on a daily basis irrespective of age qe belong to.
It is likely that we may unknowingly hurting our knees and they go unnoticed until we begin to experience some of pain, or discomfort.
So, how can we ensure that we offer complete protection to our knees especially we are getting older?
One of the best ways recommended is to wear knee caps.
Modern day knee caps come in a variety of models, types, designs and materials.
These are ideally designed for specific age groups to help them take care of their knees and also do their daily jobs easily.
Offering knee support and protection is a kind of rehabilitation with knee caps and they are also called as knee sleeves or knee braces.
How can a knee can offer protection? What are it benefits?
Let's find out.
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When it is needed?
Pain is triggered when some kind of pressure or compression takes place and with perfect fitting of a knee brace, you will be rease that and these are used at a time when:
- Having an obese structure putting more
pressure to walk
- Already existing knee pain issues
- People who have undergone a knee replacement or surgery
- People suffering from chronic knee issues like arthritis or osteoarthritis
- Those who have been affected with accident or injury to the knee
- Senior citizens who need an extra additional support to walk
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Highlights of using knee sleeves
- Offers complete protection to the knee region
- Provides compression to bring relief to the knee area
- Limits the movement of the patella
- Stabilizes the knee
- Provides warmth to the knee region
Knee caps are worn externally for walking, playing and running.
Users find it very comfortable to use these and most useful in daily use.
While it is okay to wear a knee sleeve at any time since the material is usually skin-friendly, it is best used when you know the knee would be put under pressure.
Individuals can consult a physician about the usage of a knee cap, but here are a few common scenarios where wearing knee caps can be effective:
Effective in use when:
- Lifting heavy objects
- walking or running
- At the time of lifting weights, exercise etc.
- Playing sport
- When riding a two-wheeler vehicle
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What are the health issues?
Knees go much weaker not only with aging process, but also due to certain phases such as excessive work, injuries, accidents etc.
Among the health issues, obesity comes first, as knees ought to spend more pressure taking the entire weight of your body, especially joints.
Those in the field of sports, are likely to get injured and thdy can hurt you really bad especially hirting your knees.
Minor or major injuries, that occur during the course of your day duties work at home,
sometimes these aggravate knee problems.
Osteoarthritis is most common issue among senior citizens and these are long term problems.
Women over the age of 50 are likely to be affected with knee problems. Acute or chronic pain is likely occur among this age group of women.
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Now let's see some models of knee caps:
Each of the model comes in different settings, material and fittings.
You can conveniently wear it and ensure perfectly adjusted.
These are long lasting, easy to maintain, portable and light in weight.
Men and women in their 60s can find excellent use of these handy knee braces.
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Conclusion
Give yourself an excellent health by taking care of your knees with the consultation of a physician.
Because, some of these knees caps, are medically prescribed and you may have to follow the instructions of arthritis specialist.
You are finally relieved from pain and or any other issue.
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