DonJoy Tru-Pull Lite Knee Support Brace: Right Leg, Medium

This is the best brace that we found for our son after his knee patella displacement injury playing basketball. Since his injury about 2 years ago, we have tried different knee braces as a prevention device for our son who is very active in basketball and baseball. This is no question the best brace we have tried. With other braces, his knee has been 'tweeked' from time to time. Since finding this brace a year ago, no patella tweeks or issues have reoccurred. Our son trusts this brace, and has long since regained his confidence to play full-speed in his sports. When adjusted properly (takes a few times), this brace is non-obstructive to the required range-of-motion to play full-speed.This brace is high-quality construction and lasts very well. In our experience, the average life with heavy (daily, sweaty) use is about 3-4 months before the velcro attachments become weak. Under this condition, the velcro attachments can be reinforced with athletic tape to extend the life of the brace. Other braces we have tried only provided about 1 month of useful life with heavy use. After a year of using this brace exclusively, we are going on our 3rd brace. However, it is the best solution we have found as a relatively cheap 'insurance' policy to prevent another patella displacement injury during active sports. Highly recommended.

Had surgery to "fix" my patella dislocation problem and 1 month after being released to return to sports the patella gave out while making a cut in running lines. Had on a compression/cheaper knee brace and my volleyball knee pads when this occurred. The doctor had said the knee pads would likely be enough support and did not recommend a brace. ($4,000 after insurance down the drain) He was wrong!Went in again to get the knee drained and had to sit out 2 weeks before being somewhat ready to return. Bought this brace in the meantime and now use it in conjunction with the McConnell Taping procedure. The combo of both of these methods work great! Basketball season has started had I bought another brace foe the opposite leg as a precaution. It was also recommended I do this by the Dr. who drained my leg after the initial failed surgery. Both braces hold up well and don't slide around even without the knee pads. I highly recommend them for a lateral patella dislocation problem!I'm a aggressive athlete who races motorcycles, snowboards, wake boards, high jumps, pole-vaults, long jumps, triple jumps and plays volleyball and basketball. I am not kind to my knees... and these work. (Suggest using Leukotape, and a base tape, not linen tape, with the McConnell taping.)

So I need this for therapy I couldn’t afford it at my doctors office and so I used affirm and was able to get it very next day. Now it does say that they have used options or brand new. I decided to go with the brand new option because if people were trying it on I didn’t want to catch anything with sweat etc. first of all look at the box! Did someone sit on it did it get squished under some other packages?!Okay cool as long as the product is solid I’ll let the look of box go! The product itself is super solid it felt good the first day it has to be tight in order to support the patella with staying in place. However, this is only 2 days in and it’s torn now I could accept that if I had bought a used one but this is supposed to be brand new out the box. This is an $80 brace my one from Walmart that was under $20 hasn’t even torn yet but I can’t use it because it’s not doing the job my therapist says it’s supposed to. Will have to return and hope for the best I don’t want to have reconstructive surgery on my patella because my $80 brace won’t hold up.

I bought it for supporting my knee during a recovery phase from an injury. Mostly it is comfortable to wear but somehow, the seems around the knee pad made couple of small wounds on my skin due to friction. I tried wearing over a soft PJ but still got the skin rash/cut.Other than this it did help me recover from my injury well and hence I would recommend it for anyone looking for a knee brace to recover from an injury.

I use this as preventative support for my knee so it doesn't get sore when I play golf. It provides good support and flexibility. I just purchased a large instead of X-large because after the X-large lost a little elasticity it would slide down a bit so I would have to keep tightening it. The Large is a little snug but I keep stretching it and bending the plastic hinge brace to make it more comfortable until it stretches a little more. I am pretty sure it will work out. I've been wearing this brace for years now.

This is my second time buying this exact, same knee brace. The first one was purchased at a medical office 10+ years ago. It was double the price at the medical office, not covered by insurance. They measured my leg, which I was able to do myself and select the correct size from the chart. I have no ACL, which makes my knee unstable. I use this brace for skiing. It fits well and is comfortable. However, the brace does not take the place of exercising to keep the supporting muscle strong.

I bought the wrong size since it doesn’t appear on the product description. I copied the following from their websiteTake the measurement of your thigh and calf 6" above and below your kneecap using a flexible type tape measure. Use the diameter you measure here to choose your size.Size Thigh Knee Center CalfXS 13" - 15 1/2" 12"-13" 10"-12"S 15 1/2" - 18 1/2" 13"-14" 12"-14"M 18 1/2"- 21" 14"-15" 14"-16"L 21"- 23 1/2" 15"-17" 16"-18"XL 23 1/2" - 26 1/2" 17"-19" 18"-20"XXL 26 1/2" - 29 1/2" 19"-21" 20"-22"XXXL 29 1/2" -32" 21" -23" 22" -24