As a registered physiotherapist and clinic owner in Toronto, I treat a variety of patients (sports, wcb, mva, private) and believe in offering complete care at my own practice. Offering “complete care” includes recommending helpful advice and products that can boost your patient’s recovery.
Knee injuries are fairly common to see in physiotherapy practice, particularly anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries - most commonly tears of the ACL. In fact, according to research there are approximately 100,000 ACL tears in the US occurring annually.
Because the ACL is crucial for stabilizing the knee, it is essential to provide support during recovery. Whether it’s a complete reconstruction of the ACL with surgery, or nonoperative treatment, ACL knee braces can help provide patients with comfort and support they need to continue going about their everyday activities, while at the same time engaging in their recovery protocol.
Today I want to share my opinion on what I like/don’t like about CSC's top 10 best selling ACL knee braces, as well as which type of patients are most suited for these products so we can better help clinicians offer complete care for your practice.
Donjoy ACL Everyday Knee Brace
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DonJoy Playmaker II FourcePoint as it provides similar support and is also commonly used with an ACL injury.
Bauerfeind SecuTec Genu Knee Brace
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Bioskin Gladiator Knee Brace - Front Closure for post ACL surgery or for patients with knee instability.
M-Brace Vega Aligner Knee Stabilizer #43
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Donjoy ACL Everyday Knee Brace - though it is bulkier it can also control amount of available flexion and extension in an injured knee.
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Bioskin Gladiator Sport Knee Brace
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ThermoActive Hot & Cold Knee Support which includes heat or cold to help reduce swelling and pain. The ThermoActive is also more cost effective.
MedSpec Gripper 12” Hinged Knee Brace
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M-Brace Vega Aligner Knee Stabilizer #43 helps to align the knee in proper anatomical position.
Bioskin Gladiator Knee Brace - Front Closure
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Bioskin Gladiator Sport Knee Brace is a similar product but provides slightly more stability.
Donjoy Drytex Economy Hinged Knee Brace
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BioSkin Gladiator Knee Brace -Front Closure makes a good alternative because it controls the amount of available flexion and extension of injured knee.
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The Donjoy ACL Everyday Knee Brace provides similar support with less bulk.
DonJoy Playmaker II FourcePoint
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Donjoy ACL Everyday Knee Brace offers slightly more support.
ThermoActive Hot & Cold Knee Support
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BioSkin Gladiator Sport Knee Brace doesn’t offer cold therapy, but offers compression around joint.
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