which knee support

Morning all,

I've been having a problem with my keft knee for a while now and now i've started preseason footy training its got a fair bit worse. I'm booked into have some physio but that could take a few weeks as its nhs.

I spent hours yesterday searching the net and i'm pretty sure i've got "jumpers knee". I'm looking at getting a support to help me out till my physio but can make my mind up which one to get. should i get a Knee strap or an open patella knee support? I've tried using Tubular bandage but it didn't really help.

thanks in advance for any help.

p.s. are there any good exercises that i could do to help cure this problem?

Jumpers knee is an overuse injury caused by factors such as poor mechanics, over training, poor diet etc.. A brace will only serve to assist to reduce the pain experienced under load. A strap would normally assist a problem at the patella tendons insertion to the tibia but not at the patella end. The knee support with a hole might not do much either. You might consider using a neoprene type quads wrap/support to disperse the forces through the quads which might reduce the point load on the patella. That would be my approach for what it's worth if you want some type of brace.

where would i get such a wrap? I'm not quite sure what type of strap you mean.

I mean something like this LP Thigh Support-755