LifeShieldLifeShield Knee Immobilizer (19 inch)

Product description

Applications / Why to buy?

After an injury or surgery to your knee, your doctor may want you to keep your leg straight. To help you do this, your doctor will have you wear a special type of knee brace called a knee immobilizer.

• LifeShield Knee Immobilizer is useful to treat the acute management of quadriceps rupture, medial collateral ligament rupture, patellar fracture or dislocation, patellar tendon rupture, and other acute traumatic knee injuries.
• It is used to completely restrict the movement of the knee.

Features

• Light weight strong rigid contoured aluminium splints are durable and provide excellent immobilization and support. They are customizable by doctors and professionals to provide accurate shape and comfort.
• The brace helps in maintaining the neutral position to the knee and helps in keeping the knee posture correct so that the recovery can take place faster.
• Brace is made up of cotton fabric with infused foam for better cushioning and enhanced comfort with anti-slip properties.
• It comes with 3 heights options to provide better immobilization for different leg sizes (14”, 19”, 22”).
• Extra Patellar strap improves immobilization, offers extra protection to the knee and is removable when not required. 

How to wear

1. Lay out your immobilizer on a flat surface such as a couch or bed. Open it with the top end of the brace closest to you.
2. Put your injured leg on top of the brace and align up your knee with the centre of the back of the brace.
3. Close the brace and begin tightening the straps starting at the bottom of the brace. The immobilizer has a hole in the front, your kneecap should fit into that space.
4. Apply and secure the extra patellar strap over you knee immobilizer.
5. When you stand up, the brace should not slide down the leg.