Knee Arthritis

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Twinfan

This is one of my problems, limited options until you get to the point of a knee replacement. In order of effectiveness, here is what has helped me: 1) Lose weight 2) Ice and Aleve after games 3) Reebok Zigs

No magic bullets.

Be careful which Zigs you get.

Because the Zig Energies were not in stock in my size anywhere, I got these (Zig Activate)...

Reebok ZigActivate - Men's - Running - Shoes - Black/Excellent Red/Pure Silver

and can NOT recommend them. They feel great walking around but after running 2-3 games in them, both of my knees and ankles where hurting and hurt for 2-3 days. I switched back to these

Ultimate Patent Leather Basketball Referee Shoes: Ump Attire

and the pain stopped within 1 game.


Those particular Zigs just have NO lateral support. They are "Running" shoe and are good for straight line running but stops, cuts, turns, etc. will expose their lack of support. It puts a lot more stress on the knees and ankles and caused me a great deal of pain.