Knee support advice

[james wolf]

Recently I bought one of those sleeves you wear around your knee to give it support - it has been weak for a while.

I only wear it for running atm but is it ok to wear it while I'm not running - just walking around, sitting down from time to time. But if I wear it too often will it be bad for my knee?

My knee is quite weak - it aches when I shower for too long and even here lying in bed I can feel it is weaker.

[Troye]

Hmm, I think it would be healthy to remove it when you sleep, and maybe elevate your leg a bit when you sleep. I'm fairly certain there aren't any long term health risks by frequently wearing a brace.

[blarg2011]

i guess u have seen an specialist right? anyway... u should go to a gym or something to develop muscles around ur knee... that will help a lot.

and u shouldn't wear it all time... when i hurted my ankle.. i only used a bandage to do sports...