OA knee brace for Osteoarthritis:

OA knee braces are available in various types and designs. An unloader knee brace for Osteoarthritis provides a good support for Arthritis of the knee, helps to reduce knee pain and gives patients the ability to benefit from a better mobility. Also, athletes who are active in sports involving lot of stress on knees; like Running, Hockey, Soccer, Baseball, Tennis, Footfall or Basketball; should use an OA knee support or sleeve to prevent knee Osteoarthritis disease.

What is Osteoarthritis of the knee? And its symptoms?

Osteoarthritis of the knee is an aging related degenerative knee disease. This form of Knee Arthritis is caused primarly by a wear in cartilage around the knee joints. This cartilage acts as a cushion between leg bones surrounding the knee joints. Knee pain related to knee OA may occur when bones rub one against another.

Osteoarthritis is a very common knee pain. It can be triggered by one of following factors, or by a mix of them: age, work involving kneeling or any other repetitive stress on knees, demanding sports, heredity, gender (women are at risk to develop OA more than men), and overweight.

Knee OA symptoms are: knee pain during daily activities, swelling, knee joints feel warm; and in more advanced cases (seniors or overweight people), a limited mobility.

Osteoarthritis treatment and the use of a OA knee brace:

OA treatment to be used depends on patient condition:

• If Overweight is an issue, patient should loose weight to decrease stress on knee joints.
• Try to build up muscles around knee by exercising.
• Using an Osteoarthritis knee brace, unloader or not, depending on the Arthritis grade.
• In some cases surgery would be a solution, most common OA Surgeries are: Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, Osteotomy.