What is the use of knee pads? The knee joint is very important to the body. Nowadays, people know how to protect their knees, otherwise there may be many complications in the future, so many people buy some protective covers to protect their knees. What is the use of knee pads?
What is the use of knee pads? 1 Different types of knee pads have different functions.
1, sports injury protection knee generally has a hard shell, which is tied to the outside of the knee to protect the knee and prevent the knee from being hurt by gravity.
2. Exercising your knees can also fix and strengthen your knees and reduce joint wear during strenuous exercise.
3, health care knees can be used to treat knee arthritis and rheumatism.
Advantages and disadvantages of wearing knee pads
1, the place is warm
For patients with cold knees and joint injuries and the elderly, knee pads can be worn when going out in winter to keep warm locally and relieve the symptoms of knee pain.
2, reduce knee sprain
Wearing knee pads during strenuous exercise can stabilize the knee joint and reduce knee sprain.
3. It is easy to see a doctor
For patients with knee arthritis and rheumatism, wearing health knee pads is convenient for local application.
harm
1, wearing knees, local skin permeability is poor, local skin is prone to redness and itching, and it is not recommended for people with sensitive skin to wear knees.
2, wearing knee pads for a long time, the quadriceps femoris can not be fully exercised, which will lead to less quadriceps femoris.
Do I need to wear knee pads for running?
Whether to wear knee pads for running can be decided according to age characteristics, weather and joint conditions.
1, the joints of the elderly are seriously worn, and wearing knees has a protective effect.
2. Stiff joints can also protect knees in winter.
3. For ordinary runners, there is no need to wear knee pads. Wearing knee pads for a long time will limit the range of motion of joints.
What kinds of knee pads are there?
1, knitted knee pads
Breathable and elastic, but the pressure is relatively small, and the protection of joints is limited. It can be used for ordinary sports and keep the knee joint warm for the elderly.
2, elastic bandage kneepads
The pressure can be adjusted freely, and the air permeability is good. It can be used as a sports protection device and also as a first aid bandage.
3. Rubber composite knee pads
The fabric has good elasticity and air permeability, can provide good pressure on joints and muscle tissues, and is suitable for high-intensity antagonistic sports.
4. Medical knee pads
Suitable for patients with knee arthritis and rheumatism.
What is the use of knee pads? Knee pads have three functions: first, braking, second, heat preservation, and third, health care.
1, heat preservation:
Knee parts that are not knee pads are often prone to catch cold. Many knee diseases are related to the cold of the knee, especially in mountainous areas. The mountain wind is very cold and hard, and the leg muscles often feel very hot because they have been exercising.
The knee is not hot because there is no muscle movement. When people feel comfortable radiating heat from their legs, their knees actually catch cold. At this time, if they wear knee pads, the warm effect of knee pads can be reflected.
2. Braking effect:
Knee joint is the intersection of thigh bone and calf bone, with meniscus in the middle and patella in front. The patella is stretched by two muscles and suspended in front of the intersection of leg bones, so it is very easy to slide. In normal life, the patella can move normally in a small range because it is not affected by external forces and does not exercise vigorously.
Due to the excessive pressure on the knee in mountaineering and the strenuous exercise in mountaineering, it is easy to pull the patella away from its original position, thus causing knee joint diseases.
Wearing knee pads can fix the patella in a relatively stable position and ensure that it is not easy to be injured. What is mentioned above is the gentle braking effect of the knee pad without injury to the knee joint. After the knee joint is injured, the knee pad with heavy braking can reduce the knee bending, keep it in a straight line from thigh to calf, and reduce the knee bending, thus protecting the knee joint from aggravating the disease.
3. Health care function:
This is easier to understand. On the premise of having the thermal insulation and braking effect of the traditional knee pads, the new far-infrared negative ion health knee pads are added with the far-infrared negative ion energy layer, which can cause the vibration of biomolecules below the knees, further heat the deep tissues, and play the roles of promoting blood circulation, improving microcirculation, relaxing meridians and activating collaterals. Wearing knee pads for a long time can prevent and treat knee joint diseases such as arthritis and rheumatism.
What is the use of knee pads? Three kinds of knee pads and their functions
Kneepads on the market can be divided into three types according to their styles, and their protective parts and functions are different.
1, integrated kneepad
The most traditional kneepad, which completely covers the knee, can fix and support the whole knee joint. Joint problems are small, and only people engaged in ordinary daily activities can use this kind of knee pad. It can also keep warm knees for patients with degenerative arthritis. Some styles will add metal strips or elastic bands on both sides to strengthen the fixation. When the medial and lateral ligaments of the knee joint are injured, it can provide greater support and avoid excessive movement or dislocation of the knee joint.
Step 2 open the knee pads
It has the basic function of kneepad, but designing an opening at the position of patella (the bone protruding in front of the knee) can reduce the pressure of kneepad on patella, strengthen the fixation of patella and reduce the friction caused by exercise. This kind of knee is especially suitable for patients with patella problems, such as chondromalacia patellae and patella displacement. In addition, if you want to engage in sports with high knee joint mobility, such as jogging and mountain climbing, you can also use this knee pad.
3. Knee pads (also known as patella compression band)
It is tied and fixed to the tendon below the kneecap. It can reduce the stretching of the tendon during exercise and make the tendon rest moderately, but it has no protective effect on other parts of the knee joint. This kind of kneepad is suitable for patients with tendon injury, such as patellar tendinitis commonly known as "knee jumping", which often occurs in athletes who run and jump frequently, such as basketball, track and field athletes or people who ride bicycles excessively.
Four purchase strategies of sports kneepads
1, material
When we choose knee pads, we must first look at what material the knee pads are made of. Generally, high-quality products are soft and not stiff to the touch, so that they will be more comfortable to wear and their knees will not feel uncomfortable. Moreover, it has a better warm-keeping effect, especially after a lot of exercise, which will induce joint pain and protect the knees if it is caught by the wind.
Step 2 Breathe and sweat
Tied to your legs, you not only need to keep warm, but also feel wet and uncomfortable if you sweat a lot. Therefore, you can choose a perforated one, because it is more breathable, which can drain the sweat inside and give your knees a comfortable environment.
Step 3 paste
Then there is its pasting part. When the outdoor exercise is relatively large, it is easy to cause the knee pads and joints not to be in the same position, and there will be a state of falling, which will not only affect the activities, but also stop and re-stick, which is more troublesome. Therefore, it has better anti-skid performance and is soft. This can also protect your knees, so you don't have to worry about sweat slipping down.
Step 4 design
Choosing knee pads depends not only on the appearance, but also on whether the design is reasonable. Rationality means that it doesn't have to be regular, but it will have a certain curvature. It is based on the curvature of our knees, and it can also provide appropriate strength during exercise, thus protecting our knees and making our bodies move freely.
If you allow, you can wear it when you choose, feel whether it is convenient and comfortable, and have a tactile experience in advance so as not to hinder future actions.