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Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef
Fellas, I'm getting too old for this. My left knee always feels tight day after game. No matter if I wear a brace or jump band or nothing. My chiro will adjust it but that costs a good bit of money. I use icy hot, ice it, and have a tens unit. Any tricks some of y'all use?
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See a specialist. If you don't want PT or surgury they'll most likely tell you to do the following.
1) Lose weight
2) Ibuprofen before games: swelling is bad. Very bad. Very very very bad. Keeping it down during the game helps a bunch of different knee injuries. Not all, so as I said a specialist can help more.
3) Ice right after the game. Learn how to actually ice, I'm always amazed at what people call "icing"
4) Jump band isn't going to help you and is usually for only 1-2 specific pain problems. The right brace WILL help, but swelling is probably inevitable until you take a break and properly care for the knee.
TLDR: Lose weight. Swelling is the bane of knees. Learn proper icing procedure. Figure out what "brace" best suits you