Dancing, training, outdoor activities and even walking - all this is possible and will bring you pleasure only if your knees are healthy. Simple movements hurt? You can not do without a bandage to fix the knee joint.
Why do I need a bandage for the knee joint?
Bandage on the knee joint - a unique orthopedic device. It will help protect healthy joints from trauma and help cure articular pathology after surgery or trauma. To put on an orthopedic bandage on the knee joint is recommended in such cases:
- Prevention of injuries and diseases. This bandage must be worn by athletes during any training and people whose activities are associated with increased stress on the joints (loaders, builders, postmen). It is worth wearing a bandage and people with a weakness of the ligament apparatus and excessive body weight to prevent the development of arthrosis and damage to articular cartilage.
- Fixation of the patient joint. It is necessary to wear a bandage to those who already have any disease of the musculoskeletal system. This will significantly slow the progress of pathology and prevent further damage to the knee. In some cases, this dressing will reduce the severity of the symptoms (swelling, pain) and reduce the number of exacerbations.
- Restriction of movements in the knee. Special rigid bandages are an excellent alternative to gypsum bandages. They completely exclude the possibility of moving the knee. This should be done after knee surgery and during rehabilitation after severe injuries.
Some types of bandage can also be used to relieve the diseased joint. They are shown to people with exacerbation of chronic arthritis of the knee and acute inflammatory process in cases when even the slightest movement of the foot causes aggravation of pain.
Types of knee braces
In the modern market there is a huge number of bandages. They are made of fabric, plastic, medical steel and other materials. Among the entire assortment of bandages, there are four main groups of fixators for the knee:
- Compression is products made from special fabric. Such elastic bandages on the knee joint provide support for absolutely all structural elements of the joint, significantly improve blood circulation in tissues, retain heat and help reduce swelling and pain.
- Functionality is a product that protects and stabilizes the joint. They have a more complex structure and are equipped with several functional elements: hinges, clasps and regulators.
- Stages - rigid bandages, based on stiffeners of medical steel, hinged volume regulators
movements and retractable tires. These products limit the amplitude of movements within the limits set by you (they can be incrementally increased in the process of recovery). - Stability is a group of products that are used to completely immobilize the knee joint. At the heart of the design of these orthopedic devices are fastening straps and metal tires. Stabilizing split bandage on the knee joint is mainly used instead of tires for transport immobilization or in the early postoperative period.
When wearing a knee bandage is contraindicated?
Elastic compression bandage on the knee joint has no contraindications to wearing. Other devices should not be worn in the presence of thrombophlebitis of the veins of the lower extremities and with purulent inflammation of the joint, when even thermal procedures are prohibited. Also, do not use a bandage if the patient has infectious and inflammatory skin lesions at the site of the dressing.