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Bummy3000
7 posts since
Jul 20, 2007

Jul 26, 2007 7:52 PM

Running in a brace

I just got back from seeing the Dr. for knee pain I have been having. He thinks it is just a strain on one of the lateral ligaments in my knee and prescribed a Soffe Sport Lateral Knee Stabilizer.

Looks like I am going to have to wait till tomorrow to actually get a look at the brace. However, the doc says I should be able to keep running once I get the brace.

Does anyone have any experience running in one of these braces?
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jansd
418 posts since
Jun 8, 2003
1. Jul 29, 2007 2:18 PM in response to: Bummy3000
I tore my medial collateral ligament playing soccer. After being immobilized for weeks and going through a few months of PT, I started running again, with a soft brace. No problem. I know quite a few people from soccer who run and play soccer post acl injury with all kinds of knee braces, from custom-made mostly metal contraptions to simpler devices.
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Bummy3000
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Jul 20, 2007
2. Jul 30, 2007 12:47 PM in response to: Bummy3000
We'll I've gotten the brace and it doesn't seem to help at all. I am not so sure that it is anything to do with the lateral ligaments. It hurts on the inside of the knee whenever I do anything other than walking. Such as running or going up stairs.
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jansd
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3. Jul 30, 2007 6:21 PM in response to: Bummy3000
It is really unusual to damage a ligament without some kind of traumatic injury... that is you would have noticed it because you fell, collided with something, etc. and it hurts like he!!. There are so many possible causes of knee pain on the inner knee. The "cure" is similar for many: strengthen the muscles that support the knee, your quads, in particular the vastus medialis. Ice frequently. A brace won't help much, if at all.
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Bummy3000
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Jul 20, 2007
4. Jul 30, 2007 10:55 PM in response to: Bummy3000
Yep. It's been a couple of days and I don't think the brace has helped at all. I can't tell much of a difference between wearing it or not wearing it. I didn't have any traumatic injury to the knee. I noticed when I first started running last Tuesday that I felt slight "twinge". It didn't really hurt and after I really got going in my run (3.5 miles) I didn't notice it again. That is until later that day when it really started hurting.

I am a relatively new runner and my first 5K is scheduled for this sat. and as of right now I can't run and haven't since last Tuesday, so I am a little bummed. I have been resting it and I was going to try and do a short run on Thursday or Friday to see if I think I can make it on Saturday.
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