Please just be careful. I'll be delighted if I can save you from the situation I ended up creating with knee braces. Returning to running after an injury, I d

Please just be careful. I'll be delighted if I can save you from the situation I ended up creating with knee braces. Returning to running after an injury, I did the same thing with a brace on the damaged knee, and it was a real life saver at first. Then after a month or three, my other knee started hurting. I realized my body naturally compensated for the first brace by putting more strain on the unbraced knee. Then I tried two braces and it was good at first, then things deteriorated further and both knees would hurt when I ran. Now I run without any braces. Of course, it completely depends on your situation, but the best general advice I received about running: 1. Listen to your body (duh!) and don't ignore signals 2. Be relatively gentle with your body and ramp up slowly over a long period of time (months). I am a distance runner, ideally 4-10 miles. In hindsight I wish I'd gone to a sports medicine doctor or some kind when the pain first started. Stupid stoicism.