The Ultimate Warrior
“The Ultimate Warrior” was a pumped up WWF wrestler with bands tied around his massive arms and ridiculously aggressive war paint. I sometimes think of him as I put on my knee bands, and for me and many others the Patellar Knee Band is required playing equipment.
Technically the problem and the pain is something commonly attributed to Patellar Tendinitis. Some call it “Jumpers Knee” or even the nasty sounding Osgood Schlatter’s disease. It’s a common problem for those active in basketball, volleyball and many other sports that require jumping or rapid changes in direction.
This condition creates pain in the when the patellar tendon undergoes heavy use and/or stress. For a basketball player and especially a streetballer this problem will most certainly relegate you to the sideline.
The good news is that a Patellar Tendon Strap can drastically reduce the pain and will allow you to extend your chosen sport for years. Personally, I credit these straps with extending my personal highlight reel (which only exists in MY HEAD) to greatly reducing knee pain to tolerable levels.
This simple device works by applying pressure to the Patellar Tendon and improving the stability and tracking movement of the knee. It is also reported to decrease the stresses experienced by the tendon by spreading and limiting the load it experiences.
With such a simple device there are numerous versions of these straps available. We selected 5 of the most common to review and enlisted some basketball players to try them out.
Here’s our roundup and review of each.
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Cost | Comfort | Ease of Use | Looks | Quality | Effectiveness | Overall | |
McDavid | €13 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31/50 |
Mueller | €10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29/50 |
NEO G | €22 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33/50 |
Procare | €25 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 36/50 |
Pro-Tec | €18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 41/50 |
* Combined result of five testers
Results
With our testing the Pro-Tec strap comes out as the best Patellar Knee Band with an overall score of 41 points out of the possible 50. It’s simple but effective design, high quality construction and the best overall effectiveness give it the easy win.
We had a hard time finding a shop for these bands in Europe so we contacted the nice people at Pro-Tec and are proud to feature Pro-Tec Knee Bands in the web shop.
Pro-Tec Patellar Knee Band |
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5 Comments
Great review! Looking forward to the ankle brace review.
P, Thanks for the heads up. I simply love my new knee bands.
Awesome!! So glad to know the Pro-Tec outweighs the rest!
Excellent review. Thank you. This is refreshingly objective after sorting through the chatter on retail sites.
I don’t even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post
Cheers!
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