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<blockquote data-quote="mxdirtdiva" data-source="post: 23656" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>Met with the brace guy today at PT. Had the honor and pleasure of PT'g with both Debbie Matthews and her hub over the last few months (I'd put her on iconic equivalent of Pastrana in women's mx, if interested, her bio: <a href="http://www.wsmxinc.com/trainerbios.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wsmxinc.com/trainerbios.htm</a> . She gave some helpful insight on her past experience with braces.</p><p> </p><p>The basic function of all braces is to keep your femur/tib in the best alignment possible, and to help protect against abnormal type shifting of the knee. When our knee moves out of this alignment range, either by sudden forward force and/or twisting, we put our ligaments at risk for strain/stretching, frays, tears and/or complete rupture. </p><p> </p><p>The Don Joy brace design is just a little different. It supports the knee by keeping the knee in a preloaded position, meaning... in the event of either a twisting, forward shift, or side to side motion... the force/energy that would normally hit the ligament area of the knee is transfer away because the knee is preset to remain forward (preloaded) and helps to prevent twisting and/or hyperextension. The location of the calf bar on the DonJoy brace is located behind the leg (not the front like CTI). The thigh bar is the same, located in the front. This is hard to explain without a demo, not sure if I'm even explaining this correctly. Basically, what you want in a brace is to prevent not only twisting, but hyperextension, the DonJoy keeps you hypo-positioned. The other feature I like... and this was explained by Debbie Matthews hub is: on her CTI's, the calf bar sits right on top of your tib, which we know does not have as much meat as the back of our calf's. Apparently, Debbie's CTI brace has severely bruised this front area of her tib from hard forward impacts/motions and when she's cased jumps. Having the bar located behind (back of the calf in your meaty area) offers more protection. I felt this was a good point.</p><p> </p><p>I selected the DonJoy Defiance III, which is DJ's latest design and will get the knee/shin guard attachment. The brace will be made low to work with both moto and/or ski boots. Had the rep measure both knees, if my insurance doesn't pay for the 2nd brace, a significant deal/reduction will be offered. Going to be weird riding with a brace. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/frown.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p> </p><p>Here's some basic info on DJ's moto brace, if any one needs...</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.betterbraces.com/donjoy-defiance-iii-custom-knee-brace" target="_blank">http://www.betterbraces.com/donjoy-defiance-iii-custom-knee-brace</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mxdirtdiva, post: 23656, member: 122"] Met with the brace guy today at PT. Had the honor and pleasure of PT'g with both Debbie Matthews and her hub over the last few months (I'd put her on iconic equivalent of Pastrana in women's mx, if interested, her bio: [URL]http://www.wsmxinc.com/trainerbios.htm[/URL] . She gave some helpful insight on her past experience with braces. The basic function of all braces is to keep your femur/tib in the best alignment possible, and to help protect against abnormal type shifting of the knee. When our knee moves out of this alignment range, either by sudden forward force and/or twisting, we put our ligaments at risk for strain/stretching, frays, tears and/or complete rupture. The Don Joy brace design is just a little different. It supports the knee by keeping the knee in a preloaded position, meaning... in the event of either a twisting, forward shift, or side to side motion... the force/energy that would normally hit the ligament area of the knee is transfer away because the knee is preset to remain forward (preloaded) and helps to prevent twisting and/or hyperextension. The location of the calf bar on the DonJoy brace is located behind the leg (not the front like CTI). The thigh bar is the same, located in the front. This is hard to explain without a demo, not sure if I'm even explaining this correctly. Basically, what you want in a brace is to prevent not only twisting, but hyperextension, the DonJoy keeps you hypo-positioned. The other feature I like... and this was explained by Debbie Matthews hub is: on her CTI's, the calf bar sits right on top of your tib, which we know does not have as much meat as the back of our calf's. Apparently, Debbie's CTI brace has severely bruised this front area of her tib from hard forward impacts/motions and when she's cased jumps. Having the bar located behind (back of the calf in your meaty area) offers more protection. I felt this was a good point. I selected the DonJoy Defiance III, which is DJ's latest design and will get the knee/shin guard attachment. The brace will be made low to work with both moto and/or ski boots. Had the rep measure both knees, if my insurance doesn't pay for the 2nd brace, a significant deal/reduction will be offered. Going to be weird riding with a brace. :( Here's some basic info on DJ's moto brace, if any one needs... [URL]http://www.betterbraces.com/donjoy-defiance-iii-custom-knee-brace[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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