Care for their own comfort and health has become especially relevant for modern women in recent years. This is manifested in a careful attitude to their diet, in choosing comfortable clothes from natural materials, and for caution and foresight when doing sports. Sports knee pads and elbow pads are just one of those things that will help you prevent possible injuries and keep your body in excellent condition.
Types of sports knee pads
When choosing, be sure to keep in mind that the knee pads can be curative, preventative and athletic. They differ in structure, degree of compression and fixation, and, first of all, by whether you understand yourself how to choose sporting knee pads, or you will still need a surgeon's advice.
Conditionally, all models can be divided into three groups:
- soft;
- hard;
- semi-rigid.
The first include knitted and elastic models. They provide a weak or medium degree of fixation. Can be used for sports or for light injuries, inflammatory diseases of the joints , osteoarthritis and the like. They gently grasp the knee and adjacent areas, protect the knee cap, not allowing it to swing from side to side, absorbing the load. Ideal for such sports protective knee pads for running.
Among them there may be models with additional effects: warming, which will help improve blood flow, or with a micro massage effect. Most often, sports elastic knee pads are used for heavy physical exertion.
Semi-rigid knee pads will have additional reinforcements or tires on the sides. Due to this, the joint will not hang from side to side, and the risk of damage to the side ligaments is also reduced. These include knee pads with an opening for the patella. All of them have an average degree of fixation. Due to the rigidity of the construction, such products are usually equipped with Velcro or belts, which allow you to adjust the pressure of the knee.
Rigid knee pads are always exclusively therapeutic function. They can have built-in hinges inside, which either do not allow the knee joint to just move from side to side, or completely restrict its movement. More complex and volumetric knee pads that grasp the thigh area and can reach the ankle, are aimed at reducing the load on the knee to a minimum, by completely immobilizing it.
Choosing athletic knee pads
All experts emphasize that the knee pads should ideally sit on your leg. No matter how tempting the advertisement is, no matter how popular the company is, the product must certainly be tried on, resembled in it, jumping and poprised. Remember that during training and exercise your muscles will tense and their relief will change. Therefore, it is important that the sports knee pads gently but firmly grasp the leg, without creating discomfort and excessive pressure during movement. It is better to go shopping in the morning, because by the evening the legs can slightly swell, which will also create difficulties in choosing.
You can roughly determine your size by measuring the knee joint in the center in the standing position.
Materials for sports knee pads
- Cotton . Soft and comfortable to handle, however, it has low wear resistance. Absolutely hippoalergenen, perfectly passes air, prevents occurrence of diaper rash. Cotton knee pads can be worn longer than products made of synthetic materials, however, unfortunately, they can give the necessary fixation and strong compression only in combination with tires.
- Neoprene . Modern synthetic material. Knee pads from it can have a slight warming effect, because neoprene does not allow moisture and air to pass through. From the pros - in such models you can swim, surf and other "wet" sports, because the fabric is not afraid of water.
- Polyester . A widespread and extremely functional material. Sports knee pads made of it are very comfortable and durable. Despite the artificiality of the fabric, do not expect low prices for similar products, on the contrary, good and quality polyester knee pads will cost more than cotton ones.
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