Different types of knee pads have different functions.
1. Sports injury protection type of knee pads are generally large with a hard shell, tied to the outside of the knee, the knee to play a protective role, so that the knee area from gravity caused by a variety of injuries.
2. Sports knee pads can also fix and reinforce the knee to reduce joint wear and tear during strenuous exercise.
3. Health care knee pads can be filled with medicines to treat knee osteoarthritis and rheumatism.
2 Benefits and harms of knee pads Benefits1. Local warmth
For patients with cold knees, joint injuries, and the elderly, you can wear knee pads in the winter, play a role in local warmth, reduce the symptoms of knee pain.
2. Reduce knee sprains
Athletes wear knee pads during strenuous exercise to stabilize the knee and reduce knee sprains.
3. Convenient for medical
For patients with knee osteoarthritis and rheumatism, wearing health care knee pads is convenient for local medicine.
Hazard
1. Wearing a knee brace, the local skin permeability is poor, easy to cause local skin redness, swelling, itching, skin sensitive people are not recommended to wear a knee brace.
2. Wearing knee pads for a long time, the quadriceps muscle can not get enough exercise, which will lead to less and less quadriceps muscle.
3 Running with or without knee pads
Running with or without knee pads can be decided according to age characteristics, weather, and the condition of the joints themselves.
1. Elderly people have a lot of wear and tear on their joints, so wearing a knee brace can help protect them.
2. If your joints are stiff in winter, you can wear a knee brace to protect them.
3. For ordinary running fitness people, you can not wear knee pads, long-term wear knee pads will limit the mobility of the joints.
4 What kinds of knee pads1. Knitted knee pads
Good breathability, elasticity, but the pressure is relatively small, the protection of the joints is limited. Can be used for general sports, elderly knee warming.
2. Elastic bandage knee pads
Free to adjust the pressure, breathable, can be used as sports protective gear, can also be used as a first aid bandage.
3. Rubber composite knee pads
Good elasticity and breathability of the fabric, can provide good pressure on the joints and muscle tissue, suitable for high-intensity confrontation sports.
4. Medical knee pads
For patients with knee arthritis and rheumatism.