Rictus

[TEC]

Well it sounds like its good news, heal soon

Originally Posted by rictus01

Oh and I didn't have to face any hospital food

That really has to be pegged as very good news

[rictus01]

Humm, not sure about Robotic replacements quite yet,

But as far as knee braces go these seem to be the kind of thing I'll need

Wow, those top ones cool well cool! More carbon fibre than you could shake a twig at.

Mine's a bit like the third one down, but more substantial behind the calf.
Haven't worn it for about a year now.

[rictus01]

Yeah quite like the top one, the other side is to go for some of the motocross jobs, bit more heavy weight.

Hmmm, the third one down (of the second lot) doesn't look to give much support directly to the side of the joint.

In fact I'm not that keen on any of those for someone with dodgy ACL or PCL, never mind both...

... most of the joint instability is surely going to be transverse (front to back) rather than lateral (side to side). If so - all of those above have solid support on only one face (in all cases the front) with soft support on the other.
Regardless of impact, transverse joint instability would mean that a potentially damaging shift in bodyweight could cause the joint to flex backwards, hyperextending, within the confines of the brace.

A better choice would be one that has solid support on both faces - generally a bar across the thigh with flexible support under it, and a bar behind the calf with flexible support across the front.

But that doesn't count for squat if I haven't sussed your joint instability correctly.

Please tell me thats not a knee slider.


So, if the outcome of this is your upgrade to an exoskeleton it's not that bad considering is it?

Dan

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by Sudoxe

Please tell me thats not a knee slider.


So, if the outcome of this is your upgrade to an exoskeleton it's not that bad considering is it?

Dan

nO Dan thats a motocross knee brace, you'll see them used in off road compertitions, although under that plastic is a steel knee cup so it would spark.


Cheers Mark.

[rictus01]

Right time to get moving, ordered a donjoy Knee brace from the states, not cheap but supposed to be the best, decided I'm going to return to work (once I've got the brace and can walk a bit),although I'll be working from home it'll give me a bit of structure to the days that'll be on the 14th April but aim to get up to my brothers in a couple of weeks and get the triple back on the road first, then it's try to ride time.

So a few days for this swelling to Reduce and hit the multi-gym, get brace, walk, finish bike,start work.

When they get around to the ACL reconstruction I'll Take a bit of time off (I'll let them know when I go back that it's coming),but to be honest I'm not banking on anything improving, have to accept this is my lot and it's time to get on with things, far to much time spent already sitting on my a*se.PMA is the name of the game now, lets see how far I can exceed expectations shall we

Nice to be incharge of my own future for a change.

Cheers Mark

[anna]

good for you Mark.. glad to hear that you finally are able to do something towards your own recovery rather then play the waiting game!

[TEC]

Wot she said ^^^ all the best, hope its not long before you're back on two wheels, some how I suspect it wont be