Ossur Unloader One Plus Osteoarthritis Knee Brace

The Ossur Unloader One Plus knee brace has been designed for individuals who suffer from OA knee pain due to overweight issues. Individuals who suffer from this condition have excess soft tissues that has to be comfortably and effectively braced to help reduce the pain brought by knee Osteoarthritis.

This Osteoarthritis knee Brace is addressed through the wider thigh strap. It also has a gastric strap that keeps the OA knee support secured.

To provide the required additional support of an obese person bigger legs, a sturdier Adjustable Dynamic Joint has also been added to its mechanism. This gives leverage to unload the knee with OA for optimal pain management.

This Ossur Unloader knee brace is made for lateral OA. If you are suffering from a medial Osteoarthritis, see the same knee support but for medial OA.

Who will benefit from this OA knee support?

This unloader Osteoarthritis knee brace is useful for those who suffer from mild to severe unicompartmental osteoarthritis and uniform knee conditions that needs load reduction such as:

• Avascular Necrosis
• Articular Cartilage Defect Repair
• Tibial Plateau Fracture

It is also a more convenient OA knee support for individuals that has a calf circumferences of 14 inches to 24 inches (35.5 cm to 61.5 cm) and a thigh conference of 18 inches to 33 inches (45.7 cm to 83.8 cm).

For people with average weight, visit our full selection of OA knee braces here.

Product features

The Ossur Unloader One Plus Osteoarthritis knee brace offers the following features:

1. Lightweight
2. Low profile OA knee support
3. Designed to accommodate people with overweight

About knee Osteoarthritis and being overweight

Johns Hopkins Arthritis Centre has reported that an excess 10 pounds on your weight already increases the force on your knee by 30 to 60 pounds with every step you make. Overweight also increases the stress and hasten the breakdown of cartilage.

At an average, a force that is 3 to 6 times the person's body weight is already exerted across the knee while walking. An increased in body weight increases this force to three times.

Thus for people with obesity problem, experts recommend undergoing a weight loss program to help dramatically reduce their weight.

Those who have followed this recommendation has reported reduced pain and decreased knee OA of up to 33%. Thus, it is important for you to consider weight loss as an additional management option for your knee OA condition.

Measure Your Size:

To measure your size and to fit this unloader OA knee support to your knee, follow the sizing chart below. You can also watch the detailed tutorial in the product video tab.

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