Fit Geno Hinged Knee Brace for Meniscus Tear: Adjustable Knee Support for Knee Pain w/Side Stabilizers & Hinges for Injury or Surgery Recovery - Men and Women FSA or HSA Eligible

This is the second brace I ordered for my husband. The first one suggested by the ED doc he saw after the injury. He was already in PT for a post broken ankle, and the physical therapist felt like my husband may have a meniscus tear. Back to Amazon I went and specifically found one for that diagnosis. He said the relief was instantaneous when he put the brace on.

My dog ran into my leg, dislocated my knee cap, fractured it and chipped my femur. I was in an immobilizing brace for about 9 days. This week I got put into a XL DonJoy Performer Hinged Patella Stabilizer Knee Brace at my orthopedists office. They had someone from DonJoy working there who fitted the brace, made sure I knew it was going to be close to $100 and sent me out the door. Within 10 minutes I realized that brace has a seam straight down the middle of the back, it is stitched, just on the inside, with nylon thread and it was eating into the back of my knee.I immediately came home to shop for liners. I wore the DonJoy over my jeans the next day and I could still feel the seam rubbing. No way a liner was going to save me from it if denim couldn't. Came home to shop for braces. Noticed no other brace I looked at had a seam straight down the back of the leg. Ordered 3 different braces to try. Meanwhile the liners arrived and I still get poked with the stitching through them. The braces came in and after looking them over I started with this one. I just finished packing the other 2 up to return them. The others were cheaper and it showed.I love that I don't have to pull a brace over my toes which is really hard right now since I can't bend my knee and I don't have to pull and tug on it to try to get my knee cap in the right spot. The DonJoy brace doesn't even have finger pulls to help with that process either. This one does so if you don't feel like unwrapping and repositioning, you can give it a tug to get it in the right place without sticking your fingers into the knee hole and bumping your still bruised and very sore knee to try to adjust your brace.So far I haven't had any problems with it sliding down with jeans on but the tabs will really help if that does happen. I found with the immobilizing brace that the fabric of my pants made a huge difference in how often I had to pull it up.I realized putting this on the first time that I could change the angle a bit on the straps if they bothered me. The covers on the hinges are a really nice touch and they will hold the velcro straps if you need them to. So far nothing has bothered me. Everything seems so soft and smooth on this brace. The opening at the back of the knee is probably the best thing for sizing issues. The DonJoy brace is actually loose at the back of my knee. I know it is sized for a man's proportions so my thigh and calf require a larger size than my knee which leaves me with a gap that allows that seam to rub me raw. I don't know how anyone wearing it against their skin can't feel that stitching but maybe having it compressed against your skin nullifies that issue for other people. I still feel that it is a terrible design and after seeing all the others with the seams off to the sides I was even more disappointed that the DonJoy brace is going to cost me nearly $100 for an obviously flawed design.The amount of support you get from this brace is controlled by how tight you put it on and the additional straps at the front. I can over tighten them and hurt myself. I plan to discuss the best way to gauge how much tension I need with my PT on Monday. Wondering if they will be as impressed with this one as I am.

Great support, comfortable fit, easy to put on and off. It works well and has helped with my knee.

seems to help stabilize my knee

Very helpful and relives pressure while walking or standing will recommend it highly. It’s also comfortable to wear whole day.

So on paper, this brace with all it’s features and adjustability seems like it should be amazing. I purchased it after being diagnosed with a knee sprain after a soccer injury. Unfortunately, the design doesn’t work for me!For starters, my thigh is much thicker than my calf. Additionally I have pretty hairy legs. Since the brace has the same diameter above and below the knee, when I tried to tighten the straps below my knee, the fabric in the front under my knee bunched a bit basically underneath the buckle that sits on the front of the brace beneath the knee. Since that fabric contains one of the anti-slip strips it was super uncomfortable as it was pulling on my leg hairs. My wife and I spent a long time trying to use all the different straps to adjust the brace so it would be comfortable and provide the support I needed but we couldn’t make it work. In the end I had to return the brace.Depending on how your leg is shaped, all the straps, buckles and anti-slip strips could allow for great adjustability and functionality, but not for me. :(

Girlfriend has a bad left knee, and she lives this knee brace very much.Why did you pick this product vs others?:Quality, fit, padding around the knee. It's awesome.

Absolutely, supported my knee during recovery time allowing knee to heal .