Role of Knee Brace in Arthritis|ஆர்த்ரைட்டீஸ்ஸில் ப்ரெஸஸின் பயன் | Dr Shriram krishnamoorthy

Role of Knee Brace in Arthritis|ஆர்த்ரைட்டீஸ்ஸில் ப்ரெஸஸின் பயன் | Dr Shriram krishnamoorthy
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Many people have asked if braces can be worn in the leg for knee pain. This video is for those people. So these braces are an attachment or extra equipment that we wear in our legs normally. It could have Velcro attachment or screw attachment. They will help in knee pain is a general perception. This video is to make you understand what braces are and what is its role in arthritis?
If you look at the history of braces, for polio, rehabilitation or muscle wasting, the use of braces started in such a scenario. But it slowly evolved.
Type 1 is called prophylactic bracing. Prophylactics' is to stop. If you notice, for a sports person, in order to prevent injury, they wear something like a slip-in in their hands or legs.a small brace and that is prophylactic brace. Such braces are only extensively available over the counter, but in arthritis, it does not help much.
The second type of brace is a normal knee brace. This is used after a surgery. Be it a ligament repair or if we have operated, we give it to them to temporarily keep their knee stable. That too is not of much help in arthritis.
But people have used these two. for some reason feel that it makes them feel better. But scientifically, they are not proven to be better for arthritis.
The third variety, We call it off loading knee brace. If you have been watching our videos continuously, in arthritis, we have mentioned the stages of arthritis. Especially in the X-ray, when there is friction between two bones internally it causes knee pain.
What does the offloading knee brace do? The internal friction is offloaded to a stage where the friction is reduced, to an intermittent state. To place it in that position, is the job of the offloading knee brace. But this involves a cost and an expense. The normal knee brace could cost anywhere between 1000 to 2000 rupees. The offloading knee brace price options are anywhere between 10000 rupees to 30000 rupees.
The reason it is not famous is because of the cost which we just mentioned. Secondly, given our climatic condition, using a brace is a little tricky, as it would sweat a lot leading to skin reactions and therefore, we would have to adapt to it. Thirdly, you wear it for knee pain and not for flexibility. Earlier you would have found it easy to bend the knee. But when using the brace, you would find difficulty in bending your knee, it would not be smooth. So not many people use it in the long run. Thirdly, the correct size. Size and comfort are very important. So you would have to find it specific to your size. If you had chosen it from small, medium and large like your shirt size, if you have worn the wrong size it would surely not be much beneficial. So choosing a right brace is very very important and choosing the right size is even more important.
When it comes to braces, to give a quick recap, the routine braces that you get over the counter may be helpful, but scientifically, it is definitely not proven. Specific braces are available, but there are certain drawbacks to that like we have already mentioned in this video. But they are definitely helpful in the long term. In the meantime, those experiencing knee pain due to arthritis, doing exercises at home is very very effective. What happens when you wear the knee brace is that there is muscle wasting, people become dependent on that and as time goes by they are unable to function without it. The main reason is muscle wasting.
So irrespective of wearing a knee brace or not, doing the exercises for the knee is definitely important in arthritis. If you are looking for such exercises, please look at this video. We have an exclusive video done for exercises in knee arthritic pain. Follow this video and you would be able to see a much better quality of life. Be it your walk or daily activities if you follow these exercises, it would definitely be useful.
Chapters
00:21 The general perception
00:38 History of braces
00:49 Prophylactic bracing
01:12 The normal knee brace
01:38 Off loading knee brace
02:20 Why is the off loading knee brace not so famous?
03:34 Importance of exercises in arthritis
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