My knee was quietly taking things away from me. Stairs. Squatting down. Getting up off the floor without wincing. I’d tried the drugstore braces. They squeeze everything the same, slide down by lunch, and the ache is still there at night. This one works differently. Two straps cross over the kneecap, one above and one below, and when I pull them snug they take the load off the sore spot. On stairs, my knee isn’t carrying all my weight on its own anymore. And the compression isn’t just for squeezing. Your cartilage has no blood supply. It gets its nutrients from the fluid inside the joint, and compression is designed to help push that fluid, and the nutrients in it, into the cartilage. Starved cartilage wears down and hurts. Fed cartilage holds up. Three weeks in, I’m not bracing for every step. I wish I hadn’t waited so long. Click below to get their Buy 1 Get 1 Free offer, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee.