McDavid Knee Brace with Polycentric Hinges and Cross Straps

I bought this knee brace to use skiing after I had tore my MCL and fractured my tibial plateau the year before on my previous skiing holiday.The support worked brilliantly.. it supported my knee and gave me the flexibility to ski .I have returned from a great holiday, injury free having skied hard all week.Would recommend.. 5*.

I bought this knee support as I have arthritis in the knee which is quite debilitating.I measured the knee and was at the top end of the size chart so I ordered the XL as recommended.My complaint is that I have suffered a wound injury as a result where the hinge rubs on the flesh.Stability is EXCELLENT.The fact that it does what it claims to do makes it value for money.I will buy another one, the next size up as I believe it to be well engineered and a fantastic product.I've been unlucky and do t believe it is an item that you can send back when you've used it.

this is a really excellent and fully supportive knee brace - the company service has been equally excellent and I can only recommend both the product and the company highlyTrish

More than a year later, my brace is still going strong. I use it 5 days a week when going for walks and playing pickleball.

The support brace arrived promptly, well packed and in excellent condition and well made. However, on trying it on, the tightness around the knee made it hurt and unsuitable for my failed unicompartmental knee replacement. l therefore had to return it.

Bought this to stabilise my knee which suffered quad ligament detatchment 6 years ago. Whilst ive had numerous surgerys (15) on my knee to its only been good enough to walk.This brace enabled me to go skiing with no issues at all! None! I ski hard and fast 50 to 70mph and it held my knee in extreme pressure. I crashed a few times and still this brace stood firm.Its comfy, the straps are adjustable to wear i need them and the hinges smooth and without restriction. Had a couple of side impacts to the hinge on the right and they held fast!

The following is just my personal experience of this product. I have no medical knowledge and I'm unable to advise if this product would work for you. You need to do your own research and come to your own conclusions.I Purchased this to see if it would allow me to ski with a ruptured ACL and meniscus tear while waiting for reconstruction surgery. I was able to ski for the whole week of our holiday and I believe it did help with the ACL rupture. I did have some pain from the meniscus tear and I don't think this item helped with that aspect of the injury. However, by restricting the range of bending of my knee I was able to avoid the region where the meniscus tear caused me pain for most of the time. I wore the item quite a few times leading up to the holiday to 'break it in' and found that during the holiday I could wear it all day with reasonable comfort. I'm not saying this would work for everyone as my injury was several months old and was reasonably stable by time we went on holiday. Also, I want to re-iterate that I don't think this would help significantly with a meniscus tear as I believe the pain from this type of injury is due to downward pressure as the joint rotates past the tear.

Has Cross strapping others do not appear to have this. My wife uses this and loves it. I was worried it might be to tight because the size of her knee was just over the 15 inch limit with the medium support. Some reports say it goes loose over time and the elastic fails to the rear. I cannot comment on this.She says it supports her knee well. It looks and feels well made. It it does go lose as they say after lots of use I will modify it with a another strap because the who thing is so well made. The cross straps allow for a perfect fit top and bottom support over the kneecap. I did not see this on some of the other supports and they pushed the kneecap patella down into the knee. The kneecap slider joint that fist starts to ware over time so this design allows for support without pushing down on it. My wife has a brain injury that does not allow her to flex certain muscles or use them together with her limp her knee has failed and physiotherapy may be difficult to support her knee.