![]() And you can see here it does not say anything about the copper helping the knee pain, but it does say odor reducing which is accurate and calm. He’s actually really good football player, former football player. So just to show you on the packaging here. ![]() Maybe just a minute, minute and a half to heat this up or you put it in the freezer to get a cold and then you slide into your brace and you can put it on with the copper infused brace. So looks like you’re not going to go more than two minutes for sure. Oh yeah, here it says so one minute 50 seconds or 40 seconds depending on the wattage of your microwave. Yep you microwave it for 20 seconds are no additional 20 seconds so you go for it doesn’t even give you a time. So I suppose you can put it in to the microwave and microwave it I let me hear Let me see what it says here. It’s a nifty little trick that you can use and it’s even got these little ears on the sides of a packet so that it fits with the shape of a knee brace and it’s contoured along your so that it so that the gel can contour along the shape of your knee and give you some relief so it says on here that you can use it for hot or cold. It’s got this pocket for you to slide in this hot or cold pack inside the brace and so you put it on to give you some relief, so I thought that was pretty cool. This is the one that I was only one I could find at the store. This specific one that I got it’s got these two straps that go around your leg and they completely wrap around the front and go round your knee and then it’s got a pocket on the inside. This brace there’s different versions of it. And you know this this brand of braces they do a good job with making a pretty simple to use design there isn’t really complicated stuff on there. The added benefit of it being a copper infused brace is that it may not be a stinky or sticky or sweaty as another brace might be but at the end of the day, I would still wash the brace if you’re going to be wearing a brace day in and day out, it’s important to keep it clean. It should help to reduce knee problems just like any other brace would. So the effects from the brace as long as you cinch it down real tight and put it around your knee. It’s an anti-microbial which means it helps to not stink as bad It helps to make sure that this brace doesn’t get as dirty as fast, which is good. It’s not fixing a knee problem.Īnd the copper itself is not fixing the problem. They just it’s just the wording it’s more so what they’re not telling you than what they are telling you or what they lead you to believe all that stuff. So that’s what’s good about it, what the research shows and what the copper company says about their copper braces and they’re not lying when they say it at all. There is plenty of research though showing that knee braces can help with the pain. It doesn’t talk about copper helping a knee problem, heal or reduce the pain. So let me talk about that directly.įirst, we don’t have any research that shows that copper itself infused in the fibers of the brace as it says on the package and on the website and all that that it directly makes knee pain better. That’s the biggest question I think everybody’s got. About Should I get the copper brace? Is there a difference between the copper brace and another brace? What’s the big deal about the copper brace? Is there something special about the copper? And I get tons of questions all the time online, internationally from patients here in the clinic as well. And you know, it’s a it’s a interesting brace. They have very famous people advertising on it doing endorsements for a good for them. The copper brace I’ve got it right here there’s tons of commercials about it. Please subscribe to the channel and turn on your notification bell so that you can get notified whenever we release helpful new videos every single week. And this channel is dedicated to helping people stay healthy, fit and active so that they can avoid having surgery injections and medications. And I’m a specialist physical therapist over at El Paso manual physical therapy. Looking for more information about knee arthritis? Knee Arthritis – What Is It & What Can I Do About It And we’re not throwing anybody under the bus in this video just so that you know right away, I’m just going to give you the point on his truth, and you’ll be able to decide for yourself if it’s right for you or not. This is kind of a review slash, scientific evidence slash physical therapist expert opinion video about the copper brace. Have you ever wondered if that copper knee brace really works? Well, I’m going to explain to you today exactly the mechanisms behind the knee brace and tell you if it’s a good idea or not to buy it.
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