Orthomen Unloader Knee Brace for Medial Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis, Premium OA Knee Brace Support for Cartilage Defect Repair, Avascular Necrosis, Tibial Plateau Fracture Inside Left

Lifesaver. I'm very active. Martial arts, mountain biking, dirt biking and weight lifting. Got some sudden knee pain trying to run with my wife. No apparent reason. The pain was just getting worse and dogged me all day and made it hard to sleep. Tried many knee braces and even devices with massage and red light therapy. This is the only brace that allows me to do my daily activities and not have knee pain. My knee is actually healing even though I am doing all my regular activities. Lots of straps and buckles to deal with but manageable.

The brace broke after about 3 1/2 years. It broke under normal use conditions; though it did get some hard use over time I had it. I did not wear it day to day, I only used it for hiking, skiing, pickleball and other high impact outdoor activities. I thought the brace worked fine. It did provide support and pain relief for medial osteo-arthritis until it broke. For the money, I think it was worth it for my 3 1/2 years of use. On minor complaint - the buckle system worked fine, but wasn't great. The clips were too hard to clip when it was adjusted tight enough for use (since it tended to loosen a little after being on for a short while). I almost always just had to use the velcro to fine tune so the clips weren't really a benefit. It didn't really affect performance; just a slight nuisance putting on and off.

I will be more than happy to submit a honest review of the brace as without it, I could not walk. When my son gave the brace to me, it was for the short term as I was scheduled for a knee replacement 6 months from when I received the brace. In the meantime, I tore the total rotator cuff of my left shoulder so the surgeon decided I had to have a reverse shoulder replacement before the knee replacement, so I had two arms after the knee surgery. That pushed the knee surgery back 6 months while my new shoulder healed. Before my shoulder surgery, I discovered I had rectal cancer. Another push back. I needed months of radiation and possible rectal surgery. Lucky the radiation got rid of the cancer so now I am moving forward with the shoulder surgery in February. Four to six months after the shoulder replacement, I will finally have the knee replacement surgery. Doing this entire episode my Orthomen OA Unloader Knee Brace has allowed me to stay mobile. With the brace, I have no knee pain from the bone-on-bone status of my knee. I am a very active 82-year-old so moving around is a must. With the brace, I have that freedom. Without it, I must use a roller and only for short walks. Believe me, this review is from the heart. Your product is a God sent. Thank you.

You'd think companies would take their time to build something that's worth a damn these days. First try and it's toast. I found it strange that the adjustment tool was such a tight fit into the screw and that it didn't really travel very deep into the screw's head but I got it in nice and snug. I found it strange that it was hard to turn but figured being it's moving something that kind of looks rugged maybe that's why. sufficed to say it's utterly useless now and I literally just five minutes ago unpacked it. I'm pretty good at fixing stuff but I doubt that there are replacement parts for this so it's a total and I do mean TOTAL waste. Put your money somewhere else. Not here! I put it on my dads leg and did the adjustment while he sat....Literally the first adjustment felt so hard to turn I was afraid I'd damage it and decided to back it off while he was standing up and the bloody screw's head rounded out? WHILE BACKING THE SCREW OUT... ie releasing pressure.... WOW! Would it kill a company to put a decent hardened steel screw into something like this? Like seriously what would it cost yall to put a proper hex screw in there that won't round out so easily?

My 86 yr old father-in-law is stubborn and has had bone-on-bone knee pain for years he dragged his leg behind him as he walked and it was painful finally went to a Orthopedic Dr who told him that because of his heart he is too old for surgery and shots would not work so he suggested a custom made brace which was going to cost $1,100 and insurance said they would not pay for the custom one because it was not a result of an injury. So he gave up I looked on Amazon and after researching and finding the one that most closely resembles the custom one and purchased took two day to arrive via FedEx in the middle of the Adirondacks. He was eager to try it out, it came with its own small easy to use tool to make some fine tuning adjustments and in a couple of minutes it was on and he was able to walk normal again with NO pain. Extremely well made product NOT cheaply made…Finally a quality product the way things use to be made. Thank you

I'm a left arm amputee. With this knee brace, I could walk much more safely and farther without pain. Unfortunately it's not practical to use one handed so I returned it. I'm thinking about ordering it again and having a specialist modify it so I can get it on and off one handed. Also I didn't understand what side support setting i needed. And orthotics specialist will know.

So I have damaged (again) my knee and the surgeon who reviewed me said an unloading knee brace might help. He warned that they are not cheap. I found a range of them on here and also other sites. It seems like a bit of a minefield of what to get and plenty of them looked exactly like this one but were much cheaper, but also had some poor reviews. This seemed to have better reviews, but is really quite expensive. Desperate to get something to help, I ordered it, hoping it would be next day delivery. Quite a shock to realise that it was a direct from China thing and took 3 weeks to arrive. When it came, it was in a very generic plastic bag with basic instructions and does not really feel like over £200 worth of product. I tried it and was not sure it helped, so took it down to the surgeon, who seemed to think that it should work with the hinge on the other side of the knee (it cannot work like that since it would be backwards). Anyway, the surgeon therefore basically said "use it if you want", which was not exactly inspiring. I have since given it one go and it may have helped, but I am still not sure. I seemed to have to tighten the straps very tight and was worried about affecting circulation. Hence, used twice so far and now back in the bag and may or may not be used again. I will talk to the physio when I get to see them and see what they say. Might have been rather a waste of money (and quite a lot of money at that). Time will tell.