I did this when I was in high school when I had meniscus problems. I bought a compression knee brace that ended up making my issue worse because it was compressing the wrong part of the knee

i try to just eliminate as much knee travel as possible and really focus on using hip rom

no knee problems now

plus i made my posterior chain dominant instead of quads

really helped

Nice

@JohnStrasser How do you know if it's straining the wrong part of the knee?

@Deleted User just a heads up as well I ordered 2 mediums and they shipped me a med and a large on accident

Might be worth going with sbd instead

@Deleted User buy either SBD, STrong, or Rehband knee sleeves.

If you buy the cheap shit, it will do a shit job and won't last very long.

i have rehbands, they're good quality

@Nick-NJ How do you know if the sleeve isn't assisting the knee in load balancing?

I can usually tell by how snug the fit is and by the thickness of the sleeve

The best sleeves are all neoprene and are labelled in terms of whether they go on the right or left knee

@Deleted User know what's wrong with your knee and find the right brace for your issue

@JohnStrasser I'm not sure what's wrong with them, they just hurt in the joint when I squat or walk up stairs etc etc

Been like that for a couple of years now

would you say the pain is directly in the middle of you knee

My family has a history of knee replacements

Yeah

also does jumping hurt

Its in the joint

sounds like meniscus

Jumping doesn't hurt that much

Its not a lot of pain

But it's noticeable, like a bruise I guess

depending on how serious the tear is, its not always that painful

could be a minor tear

Interesting

I'll talk to a doc

research laterall meniscus tears

Thx

@Deleted User do you experience a lot of knee valgus when squatting?

Valgus? @Nick-NJ#9920

@Deleted User knees bent inward

"knocking knees"

Knees bent inward? Eww. That sounds like snap city

It's very common depending on your skeletal structure. I'm prone to valgus when squatting, and it's the main culprit of my knee pain

^^^

Gotta work on that hip strength. I started falling into it for a while But have largely fixed it bow